This pub was 238 years old when it decided to revamp its image: It started serving Thai food.

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

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

These official units of measurement—including chains and perches—lie hidden beneath tourists' feet in a popular London hub.

The rose garden in Regent's Park where Pongo and Perdita met for the first time in Disney's "101 Dalmatians."

This overlooked street light once served as a KGB dead letter box.

Never actually a tree at all, this spot was the site of London's public hangings for nearly 600 years.

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

There's an exclusive Beefeaters pub hidden in the Tower of London.

A plaque hangs near the execution place of the Scottish Independence leader famously depicted in "Braveheart."

The fierce beast perches atop a pedestal marking where the historic City of London gates once stood.

Where condemned pirates met their grisly end at the gallows on the River Thames.

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

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

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

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

Richard III supposedly disposed of his nephews' bodies here in an effort to seal his claim to the throne.

A labyrinth hides in plain sight at each of the city's 270 Tube stations.

The cedar tree in Highgate Cemetery earned its title by accident.

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

Eclectic final resting place of the controversial explorer.

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

The Columbia Road Flower Market is now open every Sunday, rain or shine.

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.