A portly statue of a golden boy commemorates an unusual cause of the Great Fire of London: the sin of gluttony.

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

Historic church where a number of Shakespeare's actors are buried.

The taxidermied remains of a once-great parrot.

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

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

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

Hear the quietest sound from across the dome.

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

A historic house left in "dramatic still life."

The quaint little store that is said to have inspired a famous Dickens novel was only given its name after the book was released.

The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.

An unusual round church in London with a Templar past.

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

This churchyard arbor is surrounded by hundreds of gravestones placed there by author Thomas Hardy.

The largest of London's subterranean rivers and once a mad, bad center of London life.

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

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.