A quiet memorial to those who died saving others in the heart of the City of London.

Two plaques commemorate the site of Shakespeare's first theatre.

Lovers proclaim their unbreakable bond by leaving their names on locks fastened onto the Shoreditch fence in East London.

Explore nearly 400 years of English middle-class home life.

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

Public access to clean drinking water was an instant hit among the masses.

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

This landmark church concealed a crypt packed with bones that was discovered thanks to the London Blitz.

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

Remnants of cells from the most notorious London prison may lie in the basement of a rare Victorian Gin Palace.

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

Artists and musicians now rule over this former rail station.

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.

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

An small and easily overlooked archaeology museum chock full of Egyptian artifacts.

Mary Kelly was last seen here before she was murdered by Jack the Ripper.

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

A historic arboretum and non-conformist, non-denominational park cemetery.

Repository for more than 22 million pickled specimens.

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

A collection dedicated to the treatment of disease, held in London's oldest hospital.

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

An incarceration museum on the spot of possibly the oldest prison in England.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.