This ancient Egyptian obelisk still bears the wounds of World War I.

London's amazing modernist public square that never was.

On a wall in linear London, a plaque hangs at the high water mark of one of the worst floods in fictional Kcymaerxthaereal times.

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

Since 1887, this old-school shop has stacked its shelves with extraordinary coffees and teas.

Originally built for London’s cab drivers, this bright green hut now serves anyone a hot drink or meal.

The broken skateboards that became a poignant memorial to a murdered skater.

A statue of the legendary Celtic warrior queen who fought the Roman invaders stands in one of the cities she once destroyed.

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

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

Public access to clean drinking water was an instant hit among the masses.

The John Snow Memorial marks the epicenter of London's 1854 cholera epidemic.

This London plaque marks the spot where David Bowie's famous alien made his debut.

Remnants of cells from the most notorious London prison may lie in the basement of a rare Victorian Gin Palace.

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

A 1,215-foot tunnel transports pedestrians beneath the River Thames.

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

The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.

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

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

A winding cave grotto walkway built to provide employment for veterans after World War I.

The rotting skeleton of a shoreside fun fair that was destroyed by fire and storms still haunts the Brighton ocean view.

Regency-era excess on the English Coast.

An organ located deep within a cave, whose "pipes" are the geological features of the cave itself.