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

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

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

This landmark church concealed a crypt packed with bones that was discovered thanks to the London Blitz.

The remains of the great moral philosopher reside in a university in London.

Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.

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

London's old-school healing garden.

This massive collection of British military artifacts includes the heartbreaking personal letters of the men in the trenches of WWI.

Scattered throughout London are ancient remnants of the city's former bounding wall.

This legendary stone is of unknown origin, and throughout history has been a literal touchstone for British leaders.

The remains of Crystal Palace Great Exhibition of 1851.

A cluttered and astounding collection of antiquities and curiosities.

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

This London pub hides a peculiar secret: a recreation of the rooms shared at 221b Baker Street by Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.

The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.

An unusual round church in London with a Templar past.

A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the Harry Potter films.

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

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

The sweet story of how American cargo planes became known as "Candy Bombers" during the Berlin Blockade.

A horse statue that receives constant makeovers from graffiti artists and locals.

Metro station with a claim to rock n' roll fame.