This medieval church tower has maintained its clockworks since the 16th century.

The London pub overlooks where the Mayflower was moored before setting sail for the New World.

This unassuming building produced some of the world's most famous bells.

It celebrates a very stinky task and salutes London's fatberg-vanquishing team.

This lush area was the site of extensive enemy bombing during WWII.

Claiming to be the oldest hat store in the world, this historic haberdashery had a hand (and a head) in the creation of the Bowler.

Bronze sculpture celebrating the relationship between Churchill and Roosevelt.

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

You'd never know the houses at 23-24 Leinster Gardens were fakes—until you see the train tracks on the other side.

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

This peeling mural of Adam and Eve was inspired by the greenhouses at Kew Gardens.

This striking statue brings a scene from the African savannah into central London.

The watery entrance for condemned prisoners heading to the Tower of London is still visible along the Thames.

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

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

The remains of an ancient Roman teenager are memorialized at the base of a modern London landmark.

A friendly pub with a sordid past in cock fighting.

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

A 1950s beatnik coffee house, turned 60s counterculture hotspot, turned modern music venue.

The bronze uniforms commemorate the vital role of women during World War II.

The "lost friend” is the most famous of the six moai statues that were removed from Easter Island.

The London statue that imitates passersby.

A cluttered and astounding collection of antiquities and curiosities.

This tunnel entrance is built to resemble a grand castle but no one is quite sure why.