This once-controversial and slightly confusing statue of Achilles was built out of captured cannons.

A plaque pays tribute to the artist's longtime London home.

Home of one of history's most famous cartoonists just as he left it.

A statue of the original Pearly King is hidden in a church's crypt.

The medieval woodcut-style artwork chronicles life in medieval London.

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

The ruins of a church destroyed by both the Great Fire of London and the Blitz, now turned into a peaceful garden.

A network of bells in the pubs and restaurants around Westminster alerts politicians when it's time to cast their votes.

The bones of two medieval royal lions were discovered at the historic fortress.

A gruesome and mysterious ancient sculpture of a pagan deity from the Roman occupation of Celtic Britain.

This Underground station has been a popular filming location for decades, even before it closed.

This unassuming alcove in London’s famous Tower Bridge once served to capture, store, and display dead bodies from the River Thames.

Graffiti from the 16th and 17th centuries cover the walls of this part of the Tower of London.

The Art Deco artwork depicts gilded carriers of deadly illnesses.

Murals of the wild parties once held on the frozen River Thames.

These wire animal sculptures commemorate the exotic inhabitants that once called the Tower of London home.

A quiet, semi-secret square with statues of Mahatma Gandhi, Virginia Woolf, and a conscientious objectors stone.

One of the figures in this Celtic sculpture continues to puzzle archaeologists.

The next-door homes of two very different musicians, George Frideric Handel and Jimi Hendrix.

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

Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.

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

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

The Metropolitan Police refurbished the blue box (perhaps not coincidentally) the same year "Doctor Who" returned to TV screens.