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

These official units of measurement—including chains and perches—lie hidden beneath tourists' feet in a popular London hub.

This pub was 238 years old when it decided to revamp its image: It started serving Thai food.

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

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

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

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.

This secluded walkway overlooks a magnificently wild London green space.

Artists and musicians now rule over this former rail station.

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

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

A Victorian natural history and ethnographic museum with wonderful turn-of-the-century, science-book-esque evolution displays.

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

A hands-off space for graffiti artists to hone and display their skills.

This London pub hides a peculiar secret: a recreation of the rooms shared at 221b Baker Street by Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

Banksy gives themself artistic license with this piece of London street art.

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the Harry Potter films.

A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.