One of the last full-orchestra recording studios in New York City and an acoustical marvel.

One of the last Jazz Age "Wonder Theaters" in New York City.

"We gonna rock down to Electric Avenue, and then we'll take it higher..."

A domino effect created with Britain’s iconic telephone boxes.

Lovers proclaim their unbreakable bond by leaving their names on locks fastened onto the Shoreditch fence in East London.

Public access to clean drinking water was an instant hit among the masses.

Two plaques commemorate the site of Shakespeare's first theatre.

This unique bridge curls up like a caterpillar to let boats pass and then unfurls again to span a small canal.

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

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

Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.

London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.

Artists and musicians now rule over this former rail station.

Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.

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

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

After nearly 60 years, there's still a bear at Paddington Station looking for help.

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

A 2000-year-old Roman amphitheater lies just below Guildhall Yard.

Hear the quietest sound from across the dome.

A historic London pub with prison cells in the cellar and a "spy room" on the second floor.

A makeshift shrine to the late rock star is still kept up on the nondescript façade outside 1 Logan Place.

Catacombs turned marketplace.

A little slice of Japan and its aesthetics in London's Holland Park.