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

Legend says these colorful, invasive residents are the descendants of birds released by Jimi Hendrix.

A mysterious shape catches the eye in this 16th-century painting.

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

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

London's smallest police station is barely the size of a phone booth.

This luxury shopping lane has been protected by its own tiny police force for over a century.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

This innovative steam machine was no doubt the most famous of the pioneer locomotives.

A hands-off space for graffiti artists to hone and display their skills.

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

The pockmarks across the building's facade are remnants of the Blitz.

A haunting monument dedicated to the Royal Naval Air Service and the Fleet Air Arm.

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

Historic cuisine meets fine dining in a hotel-restaurant overlooking Hyde Park.

The bronze uniforms commemorate the vital role of women during World War II.

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

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

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

London's old-school healing garden.

A network of bells in the pubs and restaurants around Westminster alerts politicians when it's time to cast their votes.

This open-air mosaic gallery honoring an English artist took hundreds of volunteers more than seven years to create.

"We gonna rock down to Electric Avenue, and then we'll take it higher..."

Pop culture has helped to keep this iconic British building from being destroyed.