Pop culture has helped to keep this iconic British building from being destroyed.

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

A naturally mummified 2,000-year-old man.

This legendary stone is of unknown origin, and throughout history has been a literal touchstone for British leaders.

Rebuilt remains of a temple to Roman god Mithras.

One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.

A student driver's nightmare.

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

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

A fully functional, 200-year-old remnant of the time when Brixton was mostly fields.

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

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

London's only public statue of the much-married monarch adorns the gate to St Bartholomew’s Hospital.

A portly statue of a golden boy commemorates an unusual cause of the Great Fire of London: the sin of gluttony.

A quiet memorial to those who died saving others in the heart of the City of London.

A plaque hangs near the execution place of the Scottish Independence leader famously depicted in "Braveheart."

Installed at a chaotic intersection, this gave London traffic cops a place to hang their heavy woolen coats.

Public access to clean drinking water was an instant hit among the masses.

Bronze sculpture celebrating the relationship between Churchill and Roosevelt.

A statue marks the exact spot where The Boy Who Never Grows Up made his first literary appearance.

An artistic tribute to the famous singer, just around the corner from where he was born.

Dictionary Johnson’s favorite feline.

Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.

Abstract dinosaur models in London.