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

Colorful murals by Jean Cocteau hide within this peaceful London sanctuary.

The British monarchy's stamp collection is one of the most impressive in all of Europe revealing generations of royal nerdery.

One of the figures in this Celtic sculpture continues to puzzle archaeologists.

The next-door homes of two very different musicians, George Frideric Handel and Jimi Hendrix.

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

A sculpture outside London's oldest cathedral honors the Mohegan chief who died while petitioning the king.

This open-air mosaic gallery honoring an English artist took hundreds of volunteers more than seven years to create.

A collection of machines designed to break things for science.

The handiwork of a underdog clockmaker who solved an impossible problem for an Empire, and forever revolutionized seafaring.

The plunge pool is a surviving relic of a rowdy royal residence.

The canine-themed book collection claims to be Europe's largest dog library.

A bronze bust commemorates the heroism of the secret agents who led covert operations against the Nazis.

Its collection includes a broad array of social, geographic, graphic design, and political history.

This historic building displays the remains of a victim of the devastating 14th-century plague.

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

An unusual ode to the late Irish playwright, complete with a squiggly bust and coffin-shaped bench.

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

The London statue that imitates passersby.

This intricately carved and hilariously huge bed was such a famous symbol both Shakespeare and Byron used it in their writing.

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

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

High-end antique collection housed in a centuries-old church.

The fences outside some of South London's estates are made from recycled World War II stretchers.