The majority of the museum's large collection is held in a storage space open to the public a few times a year.

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

The first tunnel to be dug beneath a river, repurposed as an art and museum space.

19th-century scientists would make the pilgrimage here to verify the precision of their measuring sticks.

The townhouse where the English poet created some of his most influential work has been preserved in tribute.

A mysterious pair of mice eating a piece of cheese is London's smallest public sculpture.

Bronze sculpture celebrating the relationship between Churchill and Roosevelt.

Eclectic final resting place of the controversial explorer.

A statue marks the exact spot where The Boy Who Never Grows Up made his first literary appearance.

London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.

After nearly 60 years, there's still a bear at Paddington Station looking for help.

This London plaque marks the spot where David Bowie's famous alien made his debut.

Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.

Dictionary Johnson’s favorite feline.

The television series' iconic giant foot was borrowed from this classical painting.

A makeshift shrine to the late rock star is still kept up on the nondescript façade outside 1 Logan Place.

A collection of comics, graphic novels, animation and caricatures devoted to exploring this often overlooked art form.

A toy store with a century-long history preserves the craftsmanship of playthings of the past.

The final resting place to 300 Victorian-era pets hides inside the city park.

London's smallest police station is barely the size of a phone booth.

A cluttered and astounding collection of antiquities and curiosities.

The site of London's first coffee house has been serving refreshments of one kind or another for 360 years.

Catacombs turned marketplace.

A historic house left in "dramatic still life."