These morbid carvings remind churchgoers of the inevitability of death.

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

Spitalfields' regal market goat is said to be a monument to the area's migrant population but most are pretty sure it's just a goat.

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

A Roman spa buried deep beneath the City of London.

The London pub overlooks where the Mayflower was moored before setting sail for the New World.

A naturally mummified 2,000-year-old man.

This legendary stone is of unknown origin, and throughout history has been a literal touchstone for British leaders.

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

Artists and musicians now rule over this former rail station.

Abstract dinosaur models in London.

A 2000-year-old Roman amphitheater lies just below Guildhall Yard.

The final resting place to 300 Victorian-era pets hides inside the city park.

Remnants of a Victorian garden feature sitting in public woodland.

A vast overgrown cemetery, once known as one of London's "Magnificent Seven."

A hands-off space for graffiti artists to hone and display their skills.

An unusual round church in London with a Templar past.

A tongue-in-cheek arcade where the games are based on everyday life.

Winding paths and ramshackle mausoleums in the oldest "park cemetery" in London.

Banksy gives themself artistic license with this piece of London street art.

An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.

A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.

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

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