Preserved behind glass, the ruins of a medieval building used to store human remains.

This pump on the bad side of Victorian London betrayed a horrifying revelation about the water supply.

These wire animal sculptures commemorate the exotic inhabitants that once called the Tower of London home.

Graffiti from the 16th and 17th centuries cover the walls of this part of the Tower of London.

Remnants of a Victorian garden feature sitting in public woodland.

Scattered throughout London are ancient remnants of the city's former bounding wall.

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

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

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

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

This unassuming alcove in London’s famous Tower Bridge once served to capture, store, and display dead bodies from the River Thames.

An architectural oddity hides in plain sight on this iconic London bridge.

The Columbia Road Flower Market is now open every Sunday, rain or shine.

A Victorian natural history and ethnographic museum with wonderful turn-of-the-century, science-book-esque evolution displays.

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

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

A historic hill of tall tales, with one rather special tree.

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

A vast overgrown cemetery, once known as one of London's "Magnificent Seven."

The first tunnel to be dug beneath a river, repurposed as an art and museum space.

A story of cutlasses carelessly carving a celibate centenarian's cemetery stone.

One of London's oldest houses contains a mixture of both old and modern features.

A giant scrawl on the skyline of south London.

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