An exercise in radical design and social living that became the epicenter of Soviet spy networks in London.

This ancient Egyptian obelisk still bears the wounds of World War I.

A 1950s beatnik coffee house, turned 60s counterculture hotspot, turned modern music venue.

Colorful murals by Jean Cocteau hide within this peaceful London sanctuary.

A collection of machines designed to break things for science.

A recently restored Shoreditch landmark with ties to Jack the Ripper.

This intricately carved and hilariously huge bed was such a famous symbol both Shakespeare and Byron used it in their writing.

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

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

A portly statue of a golden boy commemorates an unusual cause of the Great Fire of London: the sin of gluttony.

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

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

An unusual ode to the late Irish playwright, complete with a squiggly bust and coffin-shaped bench.

A Victorian school for poverty stricken waifs has been preserved as a museum to their donated education.

The fences outside some of South London's estates are made from recycled World War II stretchers.

A unique tribute to the millions of animals who served and died for the British military.

This beautiful deer park was built so King Charles I and his court could go hunting while escaping a deadly plague outbreak.

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

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

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

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

A measuring mishap led to these artificial stone ladies losing their stomachs.

Taxidermied animals galore, by appointment only.

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