This magnificently macabre shield shows the power of chivalrous love in medieval times.

This ancient oak plays host to carvings of magical elves, gnomes, witches, and other creatures prominent in local folklore.

This peeling mural of Adam and Eve was inspired by the greenhouses at Kew Gardens.

An unassuming London park is actually a pilgrimage site for modern clowns.

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

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

A decommissioned tube carriage within a London museum hosts a regular pop-up supper club.

A boutique perfumery fashioned to look like a Victorian-era shop.

This macabre painting of a Shakespearean scene looks like something out of a nightmare.

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

One of the few remaining examples of 19th-century London’s attempt to clean up its reputation.

The ritual has been performed uninterrupted for nearly 700 years.

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

This secret garden has bloomed into London's most unique hub of urban creativity.

Drink your espresso at a Victorian-era urinal in this underground-restroom-turned-coffee-bar.

Where Aleister Crowley attempted to seize the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn in a mask and a kilt.

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

"We gonna rock down to Electric Avenue, and then we'll take it higher..."

This unique bridge curls up like a caterpillar to let boats pass and then unfurls again to span a small canal.

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

These morbid carvings remind churchgoers of the inevitability of death.

Where condemned pirates met their grisly end at the gallows on the River Thames.

The broken skateboards that became a poignant memorial to a murdered skater.

Taxidermied animals galore, by appointment only.