This network of narrow, medieval passages has the most delightful name.

One of the oldest trees in Britain may have been witness to some of the country's formative moments.

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

The Liverpool street made famous by the Beatles is real.

The quiet field that inspired one of the most famous songs of all time.

Spitalfields' regal market goat is said to be a monument to the area's migrant population but most are pretty sure it's just a goat.

Follow the original medieval paths that wind through this intriguing section of the city.

A century-old tradition has culminated in a small but singular collection of feline effigies.

Once a train station along the Great Eastern Railway this vibrant coffee shop and bar is where members of London’s creative class mingle.

A community of artists and entrepreneurs seeks a simpler life on London's waterways.

The Columbia Road Flower Market is now open every Sunday, rain or shine.

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

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

After nearly 60 years, there's still a bear at Paddington Station looking for help.

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

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

A Victorian natural history and ethnographic museum with wonderful turn-of-the-century, science-book-esque evolution displays.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

Catacombs turned marketplace.

The curios of pharmacist and collector Henry Wellcome.

Banksy gives themself artistic license with this piece of London street art.

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

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

This demon atop the Notre-Dame de Paris looks utterly bored.