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

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

The Florence Nightingale Museum is home to the famous nurse's most treasured possession: her beloved pet owl.

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

Once a train station along the Great Eastern Railway this vibrant coffee shop and bar is where members of London’s creative class mingle.

This artist's home turned gallery/museum preserves the creator's love of "Eastern" influences.

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

The London pub overlooks where the Mayflower was moored before setting sail for the New World.

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

A statue marks the exact spot where The Boy Who Never Grows Up made his first literary appearance.

A network of concealed passageways lies within a busy London Underground station.

A toy store with a century-long history preserves the craftsmanship of playthings of the past.

The Metropolitan Police refurbished the blue box (perhaps not coincidentally) the same year "Doctor Who" returned to TV screens.

The anatomical-pathological collection of a man who changed surgery.

The world's first underground farm is in a World War II bomb shelter beneath the streets of London.

A 1,215-foot tunnel transports pedestrians beneath the River Thames.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

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

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the Harry Potter films.

This enormous monument is one of the most iconic structures in Tokyo, rudely nicknamed "The Golden Turd."

Mythical beasts symbolizing the city of Tokyo guard a historic bridge.

An enormous pair of straw sandals woven in the traditional way—to keep demons at bay.

Legend says the goddess this shrine honors curses any couples that pass by.