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

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

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

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

Drink your espresso at a Victorian-era urinal in this underground-restroom-turned-coffee-bar.

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

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.

A relic of Victorian grandeur hides beneath a busy South London road.

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

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

Hidden behind a wall for decades, this masonic lodge was only rediscovered during renovations.

This coffee shop lies hidden beneath a historic church.

After nearly 60 years, there's still a bear at Paddington Station looking for help.

Hear the quietest sound from across the dome.

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

A historic London pub with prison cells in the cellar and a "spy room" on the second floor.

A little slice of Japan and its aesthetics in London's Holland Park.

Catacombs turned marketplace.

Rebuilt remains of a temple to Roman god Mithras.

Several plaster noses are hidden in plain sight around London's Soho neighborhood.

One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.

A tongue-in-cheek arcade where the games are based on everyday life.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

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