J.R.R Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and other "Inklings" met at the Oxford pub to discuss the now legendary fantasy stories they were writing.

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

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

This secluded walkway overlooks a magnificently wild London green space.

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

A glorious pub known for a spiteful printing feud and its famous typeface lost—then found—at the bottom of the Thames.

London's largest outsider art museum.

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

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.

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

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

The Metropolitan Police refurbished the blue box (perhaps not coincidentally) the same year "Doctor Who" returned to TV screens.

Hear the quietest sound from across the dome.

Catacombs turned marketplace.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

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

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

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

A former fisherman's hut deemed too small for habitation is now a delightful tourist draw.

Britain's only artificial surfing lake is nestled in the beautiful mountains of Wales.

A miniature Italianate fantasy village on the coast of Wales and the set of ITC classic "The Prisoner."

A tiny village in Wales claims the name of a noble medieval hound slain for a crime he didn't commit.

The highest peak in Wales is said to be the final resting place of a giant killed by King Arthur.