Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

The world's oldest model village.

Gothic tower where Lord Alfred Tennyson wrote the poem "The Sleeping Beauty."

All unmarked mute swans on the Thames are owned by the Queen per a tradition that began in the 12th century.

Carved initials which are nearly 500 years old preserve the deposed Queen's presence at Hampton Court Palace.

Floating pink tap installed for a flower show in London.

In Twickenham sits a small whitewashed castle that inspired Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein.'

Shakespeare, David Bowie, Dr. Who, the Saxons, Druids and Romans are all claimed to have all made their mark on these massive man made tunnels.

No one knows who created the statues or if they are arranged properly—let alone the artwork's real name.

3,000 family pets and military animals are buried in this London graveyard.

A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.

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

A musical composition 1000 years in length plays at the Trinity Buoy Wharf in London.

Putting the "mod" in "modular" since 2000.

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

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

The Metropolitan Police refurbished the blue box (perhaps not coincidentally) the same year "Doctor Who" returned to TV screens.

Three small rooms at the back of the “official” church of London's clowns.

This small collection of rare books was uniquely locked up for safe keeping.

A memorial to a dog that inspired rioting in the streets of London.

This small museum in a former church crypt contains artifacts of the Elephant Man, Jack the Ripper and Florence Nightingale.

English antique dealers with a taste for the unusual.

"Purveyors of traditional sweets and vintage treats."

The final resting place to 300 Victorian-era pets hides inside the city park.