The "shampooer of kings" who opened London's first curry cafe was a celebrity in the 19th century, but is all but forgotten now.

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

The next-door homes of two very different musicians, George Frideric Handel and Jimi Hendrix.

Bronze sculpture celebrating the relationship between Churchill and Roosevelt.

This striking statue brings a scene from the African savannah into central London.

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

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

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

This unusually-named reservoir found a second life as a nature preserve.

London's marvelous wildfowl reserve along the Thames.

This inn of the court provides a fascinating window into London’s legal and architectural history.

An unusual round church in London with a Templar past.

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

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

England's most famous front door has an accidental doppelganger.

These ornate arches show how the course of the River Thames has changed.

You'd never know the houses at 23-24 Leinster Gardens were fakes—until you see the train tracks on the other side.

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

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

This once-controversial and slightly confusing statue of Achilles was built out of captured cannons.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

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

An ornate and disused early 20th-century building has been given new life as a fully operational structure, complete with offices, oyster bar, and a furniture retailer.

Chelsea's soldiers were given strict orders when crossing this historic bridge.