Order a salt beef-loaded beigel at any hour of the day or night at this East End institution.

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

Down a pint of ale where the Bishop of Ely's servants slept in 1546.

This hospital helped pave the way for treatment that drove down child-mortality rates in 19th and 20th centuries.

This sculpture, residing in a quiet corner of a London park, honors the victims of 9/11.

Legends say that this Art Deco apartment building almost became Hitler's British headquarters.

This life-size monument honors the legacy of a famous literary feline.

You will not be able to miss this building.

A mineral spring that became all the rage in 17th-century England.

This pub boasts a curious history and may have inspired a Dickens character.

According to legend, this tomb holds the secrets to time travel.

This former medical factory gives home to cutting edge arts in the shadow of a gas works.

Residential building on the Regents Canal is a breeding ground for creativity and innovation.

This elaborate Byzantine-style building was designed for a not-so-pretty purpose.

The curios of pharmacist and collector Henry Wellcome.

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

Above an abandoned Underground station, this charming bookstore is home to strange antiquities and literary works.

One man's attempt to stay one step ahead of the church.

This peaceful park with centuries of history hides in an overlooked section of South London.

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

King of the Saxons on top, Roman goddess of wisdom on the bottom.

A discarded movie prop that was the original monolith for "2001: A Space Odyssey."

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

A quiet, semi-secret square with statues of Mahatma Gandhi, Virginia Woolf, and a conscientious objectors stone.