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

A mysterious pair of mice eating a piece of cheese is London's smallest public sculpture.

The site of London's first coffee house has been serving refreshments of one kind or another for 360 years.

In this cobwebbed old operating theater, you can practically hear the screams of the unanesthetized patients.

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

This churchyard arbor is surrounded by hundreds of gravestones placed there by author Thomas Hardy.

The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.

London's old-school healing garden.

This London plaque marks the spot where David Bowie's famous alien made his debut.

The real clothing store that inspired a fictional spy organization's front.

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

Historic cuisine meets fine dining in a hotel-restaurant overlooking Hyde Park.

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

A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.

One of the greatest movie directors of all time lived and worked in this London flat from 1926 to 1939.

This grassy, tree-lined hill shares a name with the much-loved novel that it inspired.

In a sleepy village in Oxfordshire, the visionary English writer's gravesite attracts a yearly pilgrimage.