Building owners can take out tiles for free at this repository for historic building materials.

The stunning interior of this Gothic church is covered in ornate gold details.

An ornate and disused early 20th-century building has been given new life as a fully operational structure, complete with offices, oyster bar, and a furniture retailer.

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

Where Aleister Crowley attempted to seize the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn in a mask and a kilt.

This pub was 238 years old when it decided to revamp its image: It started serving Thai food.

This ancient oak plays host to carvings of magical elves, gnomes, witches, and other creatures prominent in local folklore.

Order bagels and lox from an iconic Jewish delicatessen with nearly a century of history behind it.

An eccentric Victorian aristocrat's enormous collection of medieval armor and weapons from around the world.

This 19th-century pub features stained-glass windows celebrating Victorian-era "champions."

On October 17, 1814, a 15-ft. wave of beer ran rampant through the streets of London.

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

This coffee shop lies hidden beneath a historic church.

A historic London pub with prison cells in the cellar and a "spy room" on the second floor.

London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.

The bar where "The Great Train Robbery" was planned was once a nexus of high society and low morals.

Historic cuisine meets fine dining in a hotel-restaurant overlooking Hyde Park.

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

A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.

Hidden behind a wall for decades, this masonic lodge was only rediscovered during renovations.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the Harry Potter films.

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

The site of London's first coffee house has been serving refreshments of one kind or another for 360 years.

Rebuilt remains of a temple to Roman god Mithras.