England's most famous front door has an accidental doppelganger.

A series of carved figures that scandalized British society.

An agreement meant to honor the Duke of Buckingham led to this unusually-named passageway near Charing Cross.

One of America's founding fathers lived in this London lodging between 1757 and 1775.

A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.

An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.

Installed at a chaotic intersection, this gave London traffic cops a place to hang their heavy woolen coats.

Formerly known as Saville Theatre, this mid-20th-century entertainment hub includes an ornate frieze.

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

This third-generation institution is one of the last in London that still cures its own salt beef for epic sandwiches.

This 19th-century pub features stained-glass windows celebrating Victorian-era "champions."

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

Soon after its unveiling, this giant inverted globe sparked controversy and was vandalized.

A much-loved local landmark pays tribute to the shipbuilding past of this area.

Legend has it this gnarled old tree was planted by Tsar Peter the Great during his visit to London.

These morbid carvings remind churchgoers of the inevitability of death.

A giant scrawl on the skyline of south London.

The London pub overlooks where the Mayflower was moored before setting sail for the New World.

The arching stretch of London's longest street holds many reminders of the area's maritime past.

King of the Saxons on top, Roman goddess of wisdom on the bottom.

The fences outside some of South London's estates are made from recycled World War II stretchers.

Before becoming a poet John Keats studied here to become a surgeon.

A sculpture outside London's oldest cathedral honors the Mohegan chief who died while petitioning the king.

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