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

A community of artists and entrepreneurs seeks a simpler life on London's waterways.

An artistic tribute to the famous singer, just around the corner from where he was born.

Mary Kelly was last seen here before she was murdered by Jack the Ripper.

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

This beautiful Victorian ironwork masterpiece was built to keep London from smelling like poop.

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

Claiming to be the oldest hat store in the world, this historic haberdashery had a hand (and a head) in the creation of the Bowler.

Artists and musicians now rule over this former rail station.

Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.

Bronze sculpture celebrating the relationship between Churchill and Roosevelt.

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

One of the world's largest collections of pathological specimens.

This hidden rooftop garden in downtown London offers a quiet respite from a bustling city.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

The remains of Crystal Palace Great Exhibition of 1851.

A 1,215-foot tunnel transports pedestrians beneath the River Thames.

A student driver's nightmare.

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

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

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

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

This South London cemetery holds the remains of more than 15,000 people.

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