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

Tucked away in the Tower of London is the weapon once used to execute high-profile prisoners.

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

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

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.

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

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

A museum wholly devoted to juvenescence.

This secluded walkway overlooks a magnificently wild London green space.

Lovers proclaim their unbreakable bond by leaving their names on locks fastened onto the Shoreditch fence in East London.

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

A glorious pub known for a spiteful printing feud and its famous typeface lost—then found—at the bottom of the Thames.

Pop culture has helped to keep this iconic British building from being destroyed.

A miniature Italianate fantasy village on the coast of Wales and the set of ITC classic "The Prisoner."

The John Snow Memorial marks the epicenter of London's 1854 cholera epidemic.

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

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

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

A little slice of Japan and its aesthetics in London's Holland Park.

Mary Kelly was last seen here before she was murdered by Jack the Ripper.

Abstract dinosaur models in London.

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

This massive collection of British military artifacts includes the heartbreaking personal letters of the men in the trenches of WWI.

The sixth of London's "Magnificent Seven" cemeteries, and a source of unlikely inspiration to Beatrix Potter.