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

The pockmarks across the building's facade are remnants of the Blitz.

The bronze uniforms commemorate the vital role of women during World War II.

Legend says these colorful, invasive residents are the descendants of birds released by Jimi Hendrix.

This ancient Egyptian obelisk still bears the wounds of World War I.

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

A fully functional, 200-year-old remnant of the time when Brixton was mostly fields.

A recently restored Shoreditch landmark with ties to Jack the Ripper.

The fences outside some of South London's estates are made from recycled World War II stretchers.

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

Shiny Brutalist box commemorates a pioneer of electricity and houses a railway transformer.

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

The library houses an incredible collection of some of the world's most impressive books and manuscripts.

The wooden telephone box hidden away in London's Piccadilly was the original prototype of the iconic kiosk.

More than a million titles fill the labyrinthine shelves of this prestigious private library.

This one has sailed five times as far as Sir Francis Drake's famous ship.

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

This artist's home turned gallery/museum preserves the creator's love of "Eastern" influences.

Richard III supposedly disposed of his nephews' bodies here in an effort to seal his claim to the throne.

This luxury shopping lane has been protected by its own tiny police force for over a century.

Bronze sculpture celebrating the relationship between Churchill and Roosevelt.

Claiming to be the oldest hat store in the world, this historic haberdashery had a hand (and a head) in the creation of the Bowler.

The John Snow Memorial marks the epicenter of London's 1854 cholera epidemic.

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