This museum tucked below a charming cafe gives a brief snapshot of photographic history.

A naturally mummified 2,000-year-old man.

Formerly known as Saville Theatre, this mid-20th-century entertainment hub includes an ornate frieze.

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.

Colorful murals by Jean Cocteau hide within this peaceful London sanctuary.

The Tudor-style cottage in the middle of the square is not quite what it seems.

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

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

Bronze sculpture celebrating the relationship between Churchill and Roosevelt.

The wooden telephone box hidden away in London's Piccadilly was the original prototype of the iconic kiosk.

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

William Smith's iconic "map that changed the world" is hidden behind a curtain in the Geological Society building.

This once-controversial and slightly confusing statue of Achilles was built out of captured cannons.

This striking statue brings a scene from the African savannah into central London.

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

A tiny replica of the iconic London landmark hides on the side of the steel structure.

A historic London pub with prison cells in the cellar and a "spy room" on the second floor.

A haunting painting meant to capture the calamity of World War I.

A faded reminder of what was once a common sight in London during the Blitz.

A bronze bust commemorates the heroism of the secret agents who led covert operations against the Nazis.

The breadfruit-adorned final resting place of the infamous Captain of the HMS Bounty.

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

The Florence Nightingale Museum is home to the famous nurse's most treasured possession: her beloved pet owl.