The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.

A island reachable by a causeway at low tide is possibly one of the earliest Western European locations to be identified in text.

Sometimes an island, sometimes a rocky outcropping connected to the world by a tiny suspension bridge.

It is against the law to obstruct the view from the top of this English burial mound.

This magical museum celebrates the life and work of a seminal children's book writer (and occasional spy).

Shiny Brutalist box commemorates a pioneer of electricity and houses a railway transformer.

The childhood home of Earth's alien chameleon is a humble Brixton flat.

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

London's old-school healing garden.

This massive collection of British military artifacts includes the heartbreaking personal letters of the men in the trenches of WWI.

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

The broken skateboards that became a poignant memorial to a murdered skater.

This one has sailed five times as far as Sir Francis Drake's famous ship.

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

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

A naturally mummified 2,000-year-old man.

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

Catacombs turned marketplace.

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