Once designed as the entrance to Buckingham Palace, this structure was later relocated and stands as a victory arch.

Originally meant to hold a statue of King William IV, this support sat empty for years. Today, it hosts a rotating cast of public artwork.

At the top of the hour, figures of the London department store's two co-founders emerge and bow to each other.

Though it's not the largest, this one-kilometer outdoor market is reportedly the longest in Europe.

The Great Fire of London and the regulation of one-way streets both started in this alley.

The medieval woodcut-style artwork chronicles life in medieval London.

This pub boasts a curious history and may have inspired a Dickens character.

A mysterious shape catches the eye in this 16th-century painting.

Legend says these colorful, invasive residents are the descendants of birds released by Jimi Hendrix.

The bridge is a secret gallery of discarded gum that has been transformed into miniature masterpieces.

A portly statue of a golden boy commemorates an unusual cause of the Great Fire of London: the sin of gluttony.

A quiet memorial to those who died saving others in the heart of the City of London.

This beautiful deer park was built so King Charles I and his court could go hunting while escaping a deadly plague outbreak.

The "lost friend” is the most famous of the six moai statues that were removed from Easter Island.

A domino effect created with Britain’s iconic telephone boxes.

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

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

This coffee shop lies hidden beneath a historic church.

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

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

This South London cemetery holds the remains of more than 15,000 people.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

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

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.