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

Explore nearly 400 years of English middle-class home life.

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

Mary Kelly was last seen here before she was murdered by Jack the Ripper.

Historic church where a number of Shakespeare's actors are buried.

London's largest outsider art museum.

Two plaques commemorate the site of Shakespeare's first theatre.

Spitalfields' regal market goat is said to be a monument to the area's migrant population but most are pretty sure it's just a goat.

Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.

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

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

This pump on the bad side of Victorian London betrayed a horrifying revelation about the water supply.

London's old-school healing garden.

Richard III supposedly disposed of his nephews' bodies here in an effort to seal his claim to the throne.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

A hidden treasure in London with a rich medieval history, and the resting place of many luminaries.

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

This innovative steam machine was no doubt the most famous of the pioneer locomotives.

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

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

Ship-sized kinetic sculptural fantasy.

A famous burial ground with a history both grim and literary.

A statue marks the exact spot where The Boy Who Never Grows Up made his first literary appearance.

The last four extravagant street signs of London's historic banking street.