This 19th-century pub features stained-glass windows celebrating Victorian-era "champions."

Historic cuisine meets fine dining in a hotel-restaurant overlooking Hyde Park.

The world's first underground farm is in a World War II bomb shelter beneath the streets of London.

A historic hill of tall tales, with one rather special tree.

Shiny Brutalist box commemorates a pioneer of electricity and houses a railway transformer.

The pretty iron lamp is a reminder of the architecture underneath London's streets.

The taxidermied remains of a once-great parrot.

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

The sumptuous ceiling was one of the last things Charles I saw before his execution.

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 wooden telephone box hidden away in London's Piccadilly was the original prototype of the iconic kiosk.

The library houses an incredible collection of some of the world's most impressive books and manuscripts.

The secret wartime bunker built on the platforms of an abandoned Tube station.

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

Revel in the Victorian splendor of the world's oldest eating establishment inside a museum.

A relic of Victorian grandeur hides beneath a busy South London road.

This artist's home turned gallery/museum preserves the creator's love of "Eastern" influences.

Richard III supposedly disposed of his nephews' bodies here in an effort to seal his claim to the throne.

Public access to clean drinking water was an instant hit among the masses.

A musical composition 1000 years in length plays at the Trinity Buoy Wharf in London.

This home on a quiet suburban street is completely covered with vibrant mosaics.

19th-century scientists would make the pilgrimage here to verify the precision of their measuring sticks.

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

Artists and musicians now rule over this former rail station.