The world's largest grapevine has produced a delicious harvest at Hampton Court Palace for almost 250 years.

Carved initials which are nearly 500 years old preserve the deposed Queen's presence at Hampton Court Palace.

In 2013, historians discovered a hidden room devoted to the art of making royals' hot chocolate.

The arching stretch of London's longest street holds many reminders of the area's maritime past.

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

King of the Saxons on top, Roman goddess of wisdom on the bottom.

Legend has it this gnarled old tree was planted by Tsar Peter the Great during his visit to London.

A giant scrawl on the skyline of south London.

A much-loved local landmark pays tribute to the shipbuilding past of this area.

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

A tribute to the intrepid explorer and his crew who perished in terrible conditions on an ill-fated expedition to the Arctic.

The first geometric self-supporting spiral stairs in Britain are a truly beautiful sight.

A gruesome and mysterious ancient sculpture of a pagan deity from the Roman occupation of Celtic Britain.

These mysterious Viking chess pieces spent centuries hidden on a remote Scottish island.

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

This intriguing Bronze Age artifact spent centuries hidden within a Welsh faerie hill.

A naturally mummified 2,000-year-old man.

This five-star hotel was originally a swanky parking garage.

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

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

Once designed as the entrance to Buckingham Palace, this structure was later relocated and stands as a victory arch.

This religious museum resides in a church crypt next to the founder's house.

A famous burial ground with a history both grim and literary.

This may be the last of London's wooden pavements, which were once a common sight in the city.