One of the few remaining examples of 19th-century London’s attempt to clean up its reputation.

A cluttered and astounding collection of antiquities and curiosities.

A jumble of concrete on the corner of one of London’s terraced buildings is actually a work of art.

Soon after its unveiling, this giant inverted globe sparked controversy and was vandalized.

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

This historic building displays the remains of a victim of the devastating 14th-century plague.

This Viking gravestone carved in a rare runic style was dug up from a London churchyard.

This wildly-tiled artist's palace is a living and growing account of the creator's life, loves, and labors.

An incarceration museum on the spot of possibly the oldest prison in England.

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.

An unusual round church in London with a Templar past.

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.

Catacombs turned marketplace.

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

The only university zoological museum in London houses extinct animals, bizarre natural history specimens, and a Micrarium of microscopic creatures.

Several plaster noses are hidden in plain sight around London's Soho neighborhood.

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

This 1920s Dutch barge is now a floating bookstore.

A tongue-in-cheek arcade where the games are based on everyday life.

Winding paths and ramshackle mausoleums in the oldest "park cemetery" in London.

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