This beautiful deer park was built so King Charles I and his court could go hunting while escaping a deadly plague outbreak.

A measuring mishap led to these artificial stone ladies losing their stomachs.

A monument to the thrice mayor of London who according to lore made his fortune by selling his rat-chasing cat.

This ancient oak plays host to carvings of magical elves, gnomes, witches, and other creatures prominent in local folklore.

Black cat statues guard this temple-like Egyptian revival factory.

In Twickenham sits a small whitewashed castle that inspired Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein.'

One of the greatest movie directors of all time lived and worked in this London flat from 1926 to 1939.

William Blake claimed to have painted this gothic masterpiece after encountering this nightmarish being in a vision.

A statue of the legendary Celtic warrior queen who fought the Roman invaders stands in one of the cities she once destroyed.

This Viking gravestone carved in a rare runic style was dug up from a London churchyard.

This 19th-century pub features stained-glass windows celebrating Victorian-era "champions."

No one knows who created the statues or if they are arranged properly—let alone the artwork's real name.

A wonderfully eclectic Victorian aquarium lies in the basement of the Horniman Museum.

Tombstones and enigmatic inscriptions hide within a vault beneath a popular London arts venue.

There's an exclusive Beefeaters pub hidden in the Tower of London.

More than a million titles fill the labyrinthine shelves of this prestigious private library.

Never actually a tree at all, this spot was the site of London's public hangings for nearly 600 years.

A Victorian park cemetery, standing on the site of what was once the Great North Wood.

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

Classic game cookery takes center stage at what's widely considered London's oldest restaurant.

These morbid carvings remind churchgoers of the inevitability of death.

Traveling collection of amazing automata.

London's largest outsider art museum.

This landmark church concealed a crypt packed with bones that was discovered thanks to the London Blitz.