The taxidermied remains of a once-great parrot.

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

This one has sailed five times as far as Sir Francis Drake's famous ship.

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

One of Europe's oldest libraries.

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.

Catacombs turned marketplace.

A 2000-year-old Roman amphitheater lies just below Guildhall Yard.

The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.

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

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

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.