The townhouse where the English poet created some of his most influential work has been preserved in tribute.

One of the greatest movie directors of all time lived and worked in this London flat from 1926 to 1939.

William Blake claimed to have painted this gothic masterpiece after encountering this nightmarish being in a vision.

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

This Viking gravestone carved in a rare runic style was dug up from a London churchyard.

Tucked away in the Tower of London is the weapon once used to execute high-profile prisoners.

The last four extravagant street signs of London's historic banking street.

Tombstones and enigmatic inscriptions hide within a vault beneath a popular London arts venue.

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

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.

A famous burial ground with a history both grim and literary.

The library houses an incredible collection of some of the world's most impressive books and manuscripts.

Never actually a tree at all, this spot was the site of London's public hangings for nearly 600 years.

This overlooked street light once served as a KGB dead letter box.

Where condemned pirates met their grisly end at the gallows on the River Thames.

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

The pioneer of psychoanalysis spent the final year of his life here, still seeing patients on that famous couch.

The bar where "The Great Train Robbery" was planned was once a nexus of high society and low morals.

A hidden treasure in London with a rich medieval history, and the resting place of many luminaries.

A Victorian natural history and ethnographic museum with wonderful turn-of-the-century, science-book-esque evolution displays.

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

A mysterious artist-run cabinet of curiosities and library.

A statue marks the exact spot where The Boy Who Never Grows Up made his first literary appearance.