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.

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

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

Public access to clean drinking water was an instant hit among the masses.

Richard III supposedly disposed of his nephews' bodies here in an effort to seal his claim to the throne.

The cedar tree in Highgate Cemetery earned its title by accident.

This unique bridge curls up like a caterpillar to let boats pass and then unfurls again to span a small canal.

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

Drink your espresso at a Victorian-era urinal in this underground-restroom-turned-coffee-bar.

The Columbia Road Flower Market is now open every Sunday, rain or shine.

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

A relic of Victorian grandeur hides beneath a busy South London road.

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

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.

The monster at the center of the Darwin Center Spirit Collection.

A historic arboretum and non-conformist, non-denominational park cemetery.

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

Since 1887, this old-school shop has stacked its shelves with extraordinary coffees and teas.

19th-century scientists would make the pilgrimage here to verify the precision of their measuring sticks.

This legendary stone is of unknown origin, and throughout history has been a literal touchstone for British leaders.

The John Snow Memorial marks the epicenter of London's 1854 cholera epidemic.

The largest of London's subterranean rivers and once a mad, bad center of London life.