The pioneer of psychoanalysis spent the final year of his life here, still seeing patients on that famous couch.

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

English antique dealers with a taste for the unusual.

A collection dedicated to the treatment of disease, held in London's oldest hospital.

An artistic tribute to the famous singer, just around the corner from where he was born.

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

London's old-school healing garden.

A collection of comics, graphic novels, animation and caricatures devoted to exploring this often overlooked art form.

This hidden green space is the city's second largest conservatory.

Wedged between two buildings at the Great Ormond Street Hospital is this secret music installation.

The curios of pharmacist and collector Henry Wellcome.

The anatomical-pathological collection of a man who changed surgery.

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

A vast overgrown cemetery, once known as one of London's "Magnificent Seven."

A special shop catering to the needs of things that go bump in the night, and also helps kids become writers.

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

The quaint little store that is said to have inspired a famous Dickens novel was only given its name after the book was released.

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.

This collection of illusory paraphernalia has been culled from the history of London's premier magician's club.

A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.

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

A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.