A quiet, semi-secret square with statues of Mahatma Gandhi, Virginia Woolf, and a conscientious objectors stone.

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

One of the greatest movie directors of all time lived and worked in this London flat from 1926 to 1939.

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

The Tudor-style cottage in the middle of the square is not quite what it seems.

These morbid carvings remind churchgoers of the inevitability of death.

The sculpture of the deceased cockatoo flops atop its personal plinth.

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

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

The London statue that imitates passersby.

More than a million titles fill the labyrinthine shelves of this prestigious private library.

A monument to the thrice mayor of London who according to lore made his fortune by selling his rat-chasing cat.

William Blake claimed to have painted this gothic masterpiece after encountering this nightmarish being in a vision.

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

A roadside shrine to a late rock god only remains thanks to the unyielding efforts of his fans.

This overlooked street light once served as a KGB dead letter box.

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

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.

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

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

The rose garden in Regent's Park where Pongo and Perdita met for the first time in Disney's "101 Dalmatians."

A memorial to a dog that inspired rioting in the streets of London.

The remains of an ancient Roman teenager are memorialized at the base of a modern London landmark.

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