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

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

London's marvelous wildfowl reserve along the Thames.

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

This beautiful deer park was built so King Charles I and his court could go hunting while escaping a deadly plague outbreak.

A quiet, semi-secret square with statues of Mahatma Gandhi, Virginia Woolf, and a conscientious objectors stone.

A statue of the legendary Celtic warrior queen who fought the Roman invaders stands in one of the cities she once destroyed.

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

The Tudor-style cottage in the middle of the square is not quite what it seems.

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

The first tunnel to be dug beneath a river, repurposed as an art and museum space.

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

A museum wholly devoted to juvenescence.

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

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

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

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

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

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

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

The quaint little store that is said to have inspired a famous Dickens novel was only given its name after the book was released.

The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.

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

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.