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

A recently restored Shoreditch landmark with ties to Jack the Ripper.

Murals of the wild parties once held on the frozen River Thames.

This former medical factory gives home to cutting edge arts in the shadow of a gas works.

The last remaining example of the boatmen's perches that once dotted the south bank of the Thames.

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

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

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

A mysterious pair of mice eating a piece of cheese is London's smallest public sculpture.

The taxidermied remains of a once-great parrot.

Taxidermied animals galore, by appointment only.

A flourishing garden with pigs, donkeys, goats, rabbits, guinea pigs, chickens, ducks, and sheep.

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.

The cedar tree in Highgate Cemetery earned its title by accident.

The first tunnel to be dug beneath a river, repurposed as an art and museum space.

A museum wholly devoted to juvenescence.

A plaque hangs near the execution place of the Scottish Independence leader famously depicted in "Braveheart."

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

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

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

Ship-sized kinetic sculptural fantasy.

A community of artists and entrepreneurs seeks a simpler life on London's waterways.

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

The Columbia Road Flower Market is now open every Sunday, rain or shine.