Where condemned pirates met their grisly end at the gallows on the River Thames.

A labyrinth hides in plain sight at each of the city's 270 Tube stations.

The world's oldest family-run magic shop is hidden beneath a bustling London thoroughfare.

The sumptuous ceiling was one of the last things Charles I saw before his execution.

A plaque marks the underground site of one of London's "lost rivers."

Never actually a tree at all, this spot was the site of London's public hangings for nearly 600 years.

These official units of measurement—including chains and perches—lie hidden beneath tourists' feet in a popular London hub.

Murals of the wild parties once held on the frozen River Thames.

A statue of the legendary Celtic warrior queen who fought the Roman invaders stands in one of the cities she once destroyed.

The fierce beast perches atop a pedestal marking where the historic City of London gates once stood.

The last remaining example of the boatmen's perches that once dotted the south bank of the Thames.

A Roman spa buried deep beneath the City of London.

Museum dedicated to the UK's first charity for abandoned children, with keepsakes of the mothers who left them behind.

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

There's an exclusive Beefeaters pub hidden in the Tower of London.

This pump on the bad side of Victorian London betrayed a horrifying revelation about the water supply.

The last four extravagant street signs of London's historic banking street.

The wooden telephone box hidden away in London's Piccadilly was the original prototype of the iconic kiosk.

The watery entrance for condemned prisoners heading to the Tower of London is still visible along the Thames.

Richard III supposedly disposed of his nephews' bodies here in an effort to seal his claim to the throne.

A museum wholly devoted to juvenescence.

Explore nearly 400 years of English middle-class home life.

This luxury shopping lane has been protected by its own tiny police force for over a century.

Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.