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

This third-generation institution is one of the last in London that still cures its own salt beef for epic sandwiches.

The collection contains over 25,000 items and details the painful dental practices of the past.

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

The London pub overlooks where the Mayflower was moored before setting sail for the New World.

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

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

In this cobwebbed old operating theater, you can practically hear the screams of the unanesthetized patients.

One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.

The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.

A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.

A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.

A closed London rail station created to cart away the dead still bears the marks of attempts to make it less morbid.

This London pub hides a peculiar secret: a recreation of the rooms shared at 221b Baker Street by Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.

Government testing at the asylum briefly explored using marijuana as a "truth serum" on Nazi prisoners of war.

Long-abandoned trolley tunnels just a mile away from the White House are turning into an art space.