The library houses an incredible collection of some of the world's most impressive books and manuscripts.

A quiet memorial to those who died saving others in the heart of the City of London.

Black cat statues guard this temple-like Egyptian revival factory.

The "lost friend” is the most famous of the six moai statues that were removed from Easter Island.

Tucked away in the Tower of London is the weapon once used to execute high-profile prisoners.

Revel in the Victorian splendor of the world's oldest eating establishment inside a museum.

These official units of measurement—including chains and perches—lie hidden beneath tourists' feet in a popular London hub.

This one has sailed five times as far as Sir Francis Drake's famous ship.

Never actually a tree at all, this spot was the site of London's public hangings for nearly 600 years.

The majority of the museum's large collection is held in a storage space open to the public a few times a year.

A museum wholly devoted to juvenescence.

A friendly pub with a sordid past in cock fighting.

Ship-sized kinetic sculptural fantasy.

The watery entrance for condemned prisoners heading to the Tower of London is still visible along the Thames.

Richard III supposedly disposed of his nephews' bodies here in an effort to seal his claim to the throne.

A community of artists and entrepreneurs seeks a simpler life on London's waterways.

This luxury shopping lane has been protected by its own tiny police force for over a century.

A famous burial ground with a history both grim and literary.

A plaque hangs near the execution place of the Scottish Independence leader famously depicted in "Braveheart."

The John Snow Memorial marks the epicenter of London's 1854 cholera epidemic.

A naturally mummified 2,000-year-old man.

London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.

Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.

A hidden treasure in London with a rich medieval history, and the resting place of many luminaries.