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

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

Classic game cookery takes center stage at what's widely considered London's oldest restaurant.

The "lost friend” is the most famous of the six moai statues that were removed from Easter Island.

More than a million titles fill the labyrinthine shelves of this prestigious private library.

"We gonna rock down to Electric Avenue, and then we'll take it higher..."

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

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

The remains of an ancient Roman teenager are memorialized at the base of a modern London landmark.

Installed at a chaotic intersection, this gave London traffic cops a place to hang their heavy woolen coats.

A friendly pub with a sordid past in cock fighting.

This pub was 238 years old when it decided to revamp its image: It started serving Thai food.

These official units of measurement—including chains and perches—lie hidden beneath tourists' feet in a popular London hub.

The rose garden in Regent's Park where Pongo and Perdita met for the first time in Disney's "101 Dalmatians."

This long-hidden space above Westminster Abbey now displays the battle gear of the legendary King Henry V.

This overlooked street light once served as a KGB dead letter box.

A museum wholly devoted to juvenescence.

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

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

Lovers proclaim their unbreakable bond by leaving their names on locks fastened onto the Shoreditch fence in East London.

Where condemned pirates met their grisly end at the gallows on the River Thames.

A community of artists and entrepreneurs seeks a simpler life on London's waterways.

Public access to clean drinking water was an instant hit among the masses.

The lab where the scientist made his groundbreaking discoveries is preserved on the basement floor of the Faraday Museum.