The arching stretch of London's longest street holds many reminders of the area's maritime past.

Soon after its unveiling, this giant inverted globe sparked controversy and was vandalized.

Down a pint of ale where the Bishop of Ely's servants slept in 1546.

This magnificently macabre shield shows the power of chivalrous love in medieval times.

The grounds of this Jacobean estate contain one of the oldest mulberry trees in England.

Scattered throughout London are ancient remnants of the city's former bounding wall.

An unusual round church in London with a Templar past.

Buried for centuries, this hidden cellar is all that remains of London's medieval Whitefriars Monastery.

The last remaining example of the boatmen's perches that once dotted the south bank of the Thames.

Tucked away in the Tower of London is the weapon once used to execute high-profile prisoners.

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

Where condemned pirates met their grisly end at the gallows on the River Thames.

Remnants of cells from the most notorious London prison may lie in the basement of a rare Victorian Gin Palace.

A naturally mummified 2,000-year-old man.

The pioneer of psychoanalysis spent the final year of his life here, still seeing patients on that famous couch.

This massive collection of British military artifacts includes the heartbreaking personal letters of the men in the trenches of WWI.

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

English antique dealers with a taste for the unusual.

The London pub overlooks where the Mayflower was moored before setting sail for the New World.

This coffee shop lies hidden beneath a historic church.

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

Bronze footprints mark the path where a civil rights leader tried to march in peaceful protest before being knocked unconscious.

This pond in Victoria Park is rumored to be bottomless, one of several legends that surround it.

Where the Millerites gathered to watch the end of the world in 1844—and left disappointed.