A father's love for his son has weathered the test of time in this whimsical garden of outsider art.

A marine aquarium with an astounding variety of fish hides in the basement beneath the famous Palm House.

The Art Deco artwork depicts gilded carriers of deadly illnesses.

These docile dragons are ideal inhabitants for the conservatory greenhouses.

The commemorative stone column conceals a secret laboratory.

A wonderfully eclectic Victorian aquarium lies in the basement of the Horniman Museum.

The London statue that imitates passersby.

This unique bridge curls up like a caterpillar to let boats pass and then unfurls again to span a small canal.

Where Aleister Crowley attempted to seize the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn in a mask and a kilt.

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

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

A monument to the thrice mayor of London who according to lore made his fortune by selling his rat-chasing cat.

Black cat statues guard this temple-like Egyptian revival factory.

Never actually a tree at all, this spot was the site of London's public hangings for nearly 600 years.

The fierce beast perches atop a pedestal marking where the historic City of London gates once stood.

This secluded walkway overlooks a magnificently wild London green space.

An eccentric 18th century naval officer built a ship's quarterdeck on his roof, the inspiration for Mary Poppins's "Admiral Boom."

This luxury shopping lane has been protected by its own tiny police force for over a century.

A little slice of Japan and its aesthetics in London's Holland Park.

Traveling collection of amazing automata.

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

English antique dealers with a taste for the unusual.

A clock designed to run with perfect accuracy for 10,000 years.

The Metropolitan Police refurbished the blue box (perhaps not coincidentally) the same year "Doctor Who" returned to TV screens.