The Great Fire of London and the regulation of one-way streets both started in this alley.

At the top of the hour, figures of the London department store's two co-founders emerge and bow to each other.

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.

This pub boasts a curious history and may have inspired a Dickens character.

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

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

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

An architectural oddity hides in plain sight on this iconic London bridge.

Black cat statues guard this temple-like Egyptian revival factory.

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

The rose garden in Regent's Park where Pongo and Perdita met for the first time in Disney's "101 Dalmatians."

The "lost friend” is the most famous of the six moai statues that were removed from Easter Island.

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

These official units of measurement—including chains and perches—lie hidden beneath tourists' feet in a popular London hub.

Bronze sculpture celebrating the relationship between Churchill and Roosevelt.

The fierce beast perches atop a pedestal marking where the historic City of London gates once stood.

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

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

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

Home to Alan Turing, the cracking of the Enigma code, and Captain Ridley's shooting party.

A small island abbey is the final resting place of many medieval Scottish monarchs, including the real Macbeth.