A building that survived WWII, possibly on the virtue of its name alone.

A high-end clothing boutique with a curious basement art installation.

Lovers proclaim their unbreakable bond by leaving their names on locks fastened onto the Shoreditch fence in East London.

This lush area was the site of extensive enemy bombing during WWII.

This secret garden has bloomed into London's most unique hub of urban creativity.

Spitalfields' regal market goat is said to be a monument to the area's migrant population but most are pretty sure it's just a goat.

Mary Kelly was last seen here before she was murdered by Jack the Ripper.

This unassuming building produced some of the world's most famous bells.

It celebrates a very stinky task and salutes London's fatberg-vanquishing team.

This small museum in a former church crypt contains artifacts of the Elephant Man, Jack the Ripper and Florence Nightingale.

This East End pub gained notoriety as the site where gangster Ronnie Kray publicly shot a rival.

A Victorian school for poverty stricken waifs has been preserved as a museum to their donated education.

This hydraulic power system in London was, at one time, seen as a rival to electricity and the last of its kind to shut down.

A museum that chronicles the interesting and often dark history of the London docklands, once one of the major trading ports of the world.

A student driver's nightmare.

This informal museum is a magical trove of anonymous art collected from car boots and flea markets.

A musical composition 1000 years in length plays at the Trinity Buoy Wharf in London.

Putting the "mod" in "modular" since 2000.

Sculptor Antony Gormley used chaos theory and fractal growth to design his tallest creation.

This toxic spoil heap found a second life as a ski slope, popular film location, and wildlife haven.

The world’s largest magazine collection was born from a single shelf in a teen’s bedroom.

This artificial lake surrounded by Brutalist architecture served as a stand-in for futuristic Britain in Stanley Kubrick's 'A Clockwork Orange.'

This beautiful Victorian ironwork masterpiece was built to keep London from smelling like poop.

This star-shaped artillery fort protected the mouth of the Thames from the 16th century to the Second World War.