This unique bridge curls up like a caterpillar to let boats pass and then unfurls again to span a small canal.

Revel in the Victorian splendor of the world's oldest eating establishment inside a museum.

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.

This secluded walkway overlooks a magnificently wild London green space.

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

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

Once a train station along the Great Eastern Railway this vibrant coffee shop and bar is where members of London’s creative class mingle.

A network of concealed passageways lies within a busy London Underground station.

This luxury shopping lane has been protected by its own tiny police force for over a century.

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

This museum tucked below a charming cafe gives a brief snapshot of photographic history.

Pop culture has helped to keep this iconic British building from being destroyed.

Charles Babbage's proto-computer, painstakingly brought to life.

19th-century scientists would make the pilgrimage here to verify the precision of their measuring sticks.

Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.

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

This 1920s Dutch barge is now a floating bookstore.

London's smallest police station is barely the size of a phone booth.

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

Catacombs turned marketplace.

Wedged between two buildings at the Great Ormond Street Hospital is this secret music installation.

Several plaster noses are hidden in plain sight around London's Soho neighborhood.

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