London's only public statue of the much-married monarch adorns the gate to St Bartholomew’s Hospital.

The pretty iron lamp is a reminder of the architecture underneath London's streets.

This plaque in one of London's oldest public hospitals commemorates the first meeting of two of Britain's most famous literary heroes: Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.

A hidden path at the National Theatre lets you look behind the scenes of the latest productions.

A portly statue of a golden boy commemorates an unusual cause of the Great Fire of London: the sin of gluttony.

A collection dedicated to the treatment of disease, held in London's oldest hospital.

Hidden beneath the streets of London is a secret subway that only carried mail.

Remnants of cells from the most notorious London prison may lie in the basement of a rare Victorian Gin Palace.

On the eve of a condemned prisoner's death, this bell rang 12 times outside their cell.

Public access to clean drinking water was an instant hit among the masses.

A friendly pub with a sordid past in cock fighting.

Tombstones and enigmatic inscriptions hide within a vault beneath a popular London arts venue.

Behind one of the world's most impenetrable vaults is a massive collection of retail silver.

The largest of London's subterranean rivers and once a mad, bad center of London life.

Victorian-era Londoners really wanted to believe this 17th-century cistern was actually an ancient artifact.

This Underground station has been a popular filming location for decades, even before it closed.

This inn of the court provides a fascinating window into London’s legal and architectural history.

This landmark church concealed a crypt packed with bones that was discovered thanks to the London Blitz.

Buried for centuries, this hidden cellar is all that remains of London's medieval Whitefriars Monastery.

A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.

One of the few remaining examples of 19th-century London’s attempt to clean up its reputation.

The fierce beast perches atop a pedestal marking where the historic City of London gates once stood.

An unusual round church in London with a Templar past.

What might be the oldest living tree in London has survived fires, bombings, and estate agents.