Lovers proclaim their unbreakable bond by leaving their names on locks fastened onto the Shoreditch fence in East London.

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

A plaque hangs near the execution place of the Scottish Independence leader famously depicted in "Braveheart."

Two plaques commemorate the site of Shakespeare's first theatre.

A little slice of Japan and its aesthetics in London's Holland Park.

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

Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.

The sixth of London's "Magnificent Seven" cemeteries, and a source of unlikely inspiration to Beatrix Potter.

An incarceration museum on the spot of possibly the oldest prison in England.

The 2,000-year-old beam is tucked within the pedestrian entrance to the old London Bridge.

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

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

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

A 2000-year-old Roman amphitheater lies just below Guildhall Yard.

Scattered throughout London are ancient remnants of the city's former bounding wall.

This pump on the bad side of Victorian London betrayed a horrifying revelation about the water supply.

The remains of an ancient Roman teenager are memorialized at the base of a modern London landmark.

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

This shop and gallery is a modern-day cabinet of curiosities, unassumingly positioned along an urban thoroughfare.

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

This intriguing Bronze Age artifact spent centuries hidden within a Welsh faerie hill.

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

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

Taxidermied animals galore, by appointment only.