This museum is dedicated solely to this millennia-old handheld cooling device.

A plaque pays tribute to the artist's longtime London home.

This educational institution and reference library specialize in the psychic arts and mediumship.

The pockmarks across the building's facade are remnants of the Blitz.

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

There's an exclusive Beefeaters pub hidden in the Tower of London.

A labyrinth hides in plain sight at each of the city's 270 Tube stations.

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

Claiming to be the oldest hat store in the world, this historic haberdashery had a hand (and a head) in the creation of the Bowler.

The remains of Crystal Palace Great Exhibition of 1851.

Hear the quietest sound from across the dome.

A historic house left in "dramatic still life."

A special shop catering to the needs of things that go bump in the night, and also helps kids become writers.

Winding paths and ramshackle mausoleums in the oldest "park cemetery" in London.

An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.

This 19th-century pub features stained-glass windows celebrating Victorian-era "champions."

This pub was 238 years old when it decided to revamp its image: It started serving Thai food.

Classic game cookery takes center stage at what's widely considered London's oldest restaurant.

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

This macabre painting of a Shakespearean scene looks like something out of a nightmare.

A wonderfully eclectic Victorian aquarium lies in the basement of the Horniman Museum.

More than a million titles fill the labyrinthine shelves of this prestigious private library.

Since 1887, this old-school shop has stacked its shelves with extraordinary coffees and teas.

The townhouse where the English poet created some of his most influential work has been preserved in tribute.