One of the few remaining examples of 19th-century London’s attempt to clean up its reputation.

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

The anatomical-pathological collection of a man who changed surgery.

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

The pretty iron lamp is a reminder of the architecture underneath London's streets.

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

An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.

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

Installed at a chaotic intersection, this gave London traffic cops a place to hang their heavy woolen coats.

The Art Deco artwork depicts gilded carriers of deadly illnesses.

This collection of illusory paraphernalia has been culled from the history of London's premier magician's club.

A network of concealed passageways lies within a busy London Underground station.

The collection contains over 25,000 items and details the painful dental practices of the past.

This knockout museum lies in a sleepy corner of London.

The sixth of London's "Magnificent Seven" cemeteries, and a source of unlikely inspiration to Beatrix Potter.

According to legend, this tomb holds the secrets to time travel.

A 1950s beatnik coffee house, turned 60s counterculture hotspot, turned modern music venue.

An ornate and disused early 20th-century building has been given new life as a fully operational structure, complete with offices, oyster bar, and a furniture retailer.

The lab where the scientist made his groundbreaking discoveries is preserved on the basement floor of the Faraday Museum.

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

An alleyway plaque is all that remains of the independent Texas' envoy that forgot to pay their rent for over a century.

The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.

Europe's oldest still-operational tea farm also boasts a spectacular view.

A 19th-century mansion houses the largest collection of gin in the European Union.