A deserted hodgepodge of experimental structures designed by nearby university students.

This narrow canyon has been carved by the river over thousands of years into spectacular and curious forms.

An early work of the architect Álvaro Siza Vieira, these swimming pools blend into the beach.

The first island in the world designated a light-pollution-free astronomical observation point.

A wellspring of creativity in an already artsy East London neighborhood.

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

Visit on a Sunday morning to see some killer tricks.

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

Residential building on the Regents Canal is a breeding ground for creativity and innovation.

Explore nearly 400 years of English middle-class home life.

Two plaques commemorate the site of Shakespeare's first theatre.

The pioneer of psychoanalysis spent the final year of his life here, still seeing patients on that famous couch.

This hidden green space is the city's second largest conservatory.

Bronze sculpture celebrating the relationship between Churchill and Roosevelt.

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

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

Claiming to be the oldest hat store in the world, this historic haberdashery had a hand (and a head) in the creation of the Bowler.

Traveling collection of amazing automata.

Artists and musicians now rule over this former rail station.

London's old-school healing garden.

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

Hidden behind a wall for decades, this masonic lodge was only rediscovered during renovations.

A toy store with a century-long history preserves the craftsmanship of playthings of the past.

The remains of Crystal Palace Great Exhibition of 1851.