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

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

The cedar tree in Highgate Cemetery earned its title by accident.

Dating back almost 400 years, the oldest public collection library in the United Kingdom was once the study hall of Karl Marx.

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

The names Lúthien and Beren can be found inscribed on the shared grave of the famous writer and his beloved wife and muse.

An small and easily overlooked archaeology museum chock full of Egyptian artifacts.

Mysteriously stacked storefront paths give this medieval British town an iconic style like none other.

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

An artistic tribute to the famous singer, just around the corner from where he was born.

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

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

A collection of comics, graphic novels, animation and caricatures devoted to exploring this often overlooked art form.

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

This 1920s Dutch barge is now a floating bookstore.

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

Hidden beneath the streets of London is a secret subway that only carried mail.

The world's largest collection of witchcraft regalia.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

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

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.

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

A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.