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

A historic London pub with prison cells in the cellar and a "spy room" on the second floor.

This 1920s Dutch barge is now a floating bookstore.

The site of London's first coffee house has been serving refreshments of one kind or another for 360 years.

The next-door homes of two very different musicians, George Frideric Handel and Jimi Hendrix.

This may be the last of London's wooden pavements, which were once a common sight in the city.

At almost 1,000 years old, this is the oldest known door in all of Britain.

This hidden green space is the city's second largest conservatory.

These marks in Myddelton Passage aren't your run-of-the-mill vandalism, and they weren't made by your typical vandal.

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

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

This 19th-century pub features stained-glass windows celebrating Victorian-era "champions."

The only university zoological museum in London houses extinct animals, bizarre natural history specimens, and a Micrarium of microscopic creatures.

This third-generation institution is one of the last in London that still cures its own salt beef for epic sandwiches.

The ruins of a church destroyed by both the Great Fire of London and the Blitz, now turned into a peaceful garden.

A totem pole of heads to represent the different stages of life.

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

On the eve of a condemned prisoner's death, this bell rang 12 times outside their cell.

An agreement meant to honor the Duke of Buckingham led to this unusually-named passageway near Charing Cross.

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

Feast on Middle Eastern mezze from an Israeli expat duo.

The taxidermied remains of a once-great parrot.

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

This pub has roots dating back to 1430.