On the eve of a condemned prisoner's death, this bell rang 12 times outside their cell.

A portly statue of a golden boy commemorates an unusual cause of the Great Fire of London: the sin of gluttony.

London's only public statue of the much-married monarch adorns the gate to St Bartholomew’s Hospital.

A collection dedicated to the treatment of disease, held in London's oldest hospital.

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

This historic building displays the remains of a victim of the devastating 14th-century plague.

These marks in Myddelton Passage aren't your run-of-the-mill vandalism, and they weren't made by your typical vandal.

An unassuming London park is actually a pilgrimage site for modern clowns.

A subterranean ice warehouse that has lain hidden beneath central London for over a century is now open to the public.

This 1920s Dutch barge is now a floating bookstore.

The television series' iconic giant foot was borrowed from this classical painting.

A mysterious shape catches the eye in this 16th-century painting.

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

London's smallest police station is barely the size of a phone booth.

This London pub hides a peculiar secret: a recreation of the rooms shared at 221b Baker Street by Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.

The medieval woodcut-style artwork chronicles life in medieval London.

A living memorial to the trees London lost during the Great Storm of 1987.

A statue of the original Pearly King is hidden in a church's crypt.

An unusual ode to the late Irish playwright, complete with a squiggly bust and coffin-shaped bench.

The world's oldest family-run magic shop is hidden beneath a bustling London thoroughfare.

A series of carved figures that scandalized British society.

Its collection includes a broad array of social, geographic, graphic design, and political history.

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

England's most famous front door has an accidental doppelganger.