Dictionary Johnson’s favorite feline.

This domed temple was built in a hidden cave mouth as a refuge for sinners seeking absolution.

The last remaining example of the boatmen's perches that once dotted the south bank of the Thames.

A friendly pub with a sordid past in cock fighting.

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

London's amazing modernist public square that never was.

An architectural oddity hides in plain sight on this iconic London bridge.

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

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

The site of London's first coffee house has been serving refreshments of one kind or another for 360 years.

This hidden rooftop garden in downtown London offers a quiet respite from a bustling city.

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

The medieval woodcut-style artwork chronicles life in medieval London.

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

This ancient Egyptian obelisk still bears the wounds of World War I.

A faded reminder of what was once a common sight in London during the Blitz.

Classic game cookery takes center stage at what's widely considered London's oldest restaurant.

This East End pub gained notoriety as the site where gangster Ronnie Kray publicly shot a rival.

A building that survived WWII, possibly on the virtue of its name alone.

The first geometric self-supporting spiral stairs in Britain are a truly beautiful sight.

A recently restored Shoreditch landmark with ties to Jack the Ripper.

The Tudor-style cottage in the middle of the square is not quite what it seems.

A unique tribute to the millions of animals who served and died for the British military.

"We gonna rock down to Electric Avenue, and then we'll take it higher..."