If your school was decorated with trippy graffiti, served ambrosial coffee, and was frequented by mimes, it might have been similar to this groovy cafe.

A five-story homage to tea times past.

A marine aquarium with an astounding variety of fish hides in the basement beneath the famous Palm House.

"Purveyors of traditional sweets and vintage treats."

This hidden rooftop garden in downtown London offers a quiet respite from a bustling city.

A museum that chronicles the interesting and often dark history of the London docklands, once one of the major trading ports of the world.

This unassuming alcove in London’s famous Tower Bridge once served to capture, store, and display dead bodies from the River Thames.

This toxic spoil heap found a second life as a ski slope, popular film location, and wildlife haven.

This coffee shop lies hidden beneath a historic church.

A 1950s beatnik coffee house, turned 60s counterculture hotspot, turned modern music venue.

London's marvelous wildfowl reserve along the Thames.

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

Colorful murals by Jean Cocteau hide within this peaceful London sanctuary.

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

It is still illegal to "quarrel" at this unlikely urban oasis built on top of an electrical substation.

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

A unique tribute to the millions of animals who served and died for the British military.

A historic hill of tall tales, with one rather special tree.

A Victorian school for poverty stricken waifs has been preserved as a museum to their donated education.

The Tudor-style cottage in the middle of the square is not quite what it seems.

The ritual has been performed uninterrupted for nearly 700 years.

A decommissioned tube carriage within a London museum hosts a regular pop-up supper club.

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

A wonderfully eclectic Victorian aquarium lies in the basement of the Horniman Museum.