Three columns of volcanic rock shoot out of the ocean.

The last remaining example of the boatmen's perches that once dotted the south bank of the Thames.

Murals of the wild parties once held on the frozen River Thames.

This one has sailed five times as far as Sir Francis Drake's famous ship.

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

Ship-sized kinetic sculptural fantasy.

London's amazing modernist public square that never was.

The last four extravagant street signs of London's historic banking street.

The site of London's first coffee house has been serving refreshments of one kind or another for 360 years.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the Harry Potter films.

A mysterious pair of mice eating a piece of cheese is London's smallest public sculpture.

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

A hidden treasure in London with a rich medieval history, and the resting place of many luminaries.

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

The watery entrance for condemned prisoners heading to the Tower of London is still visible along the Thames.

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

The barrel-made lookout from Shackleton's final ship is tucked away in the crypt of one of London's oldest churches.

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

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

Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.

A student driver's nightmare.

A 1,215-foot tunnel transports pedestrians beneath the River Thames.

The only university zoological museum in London houses extinct animals, bizarre natural history specimens, and a Micrarium of microscopic creatures.

A quiet, semi-secret square with statues of Mahatma Gandhi, Virginia Woolf, and a conscientious objectors stone.