The cedar tree in Highgate Cemetery earned its title by accident.

No one knows who created the statues or if they are arranged properly—let alone the artwork's real name.

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

Dating back almost 400 years, the oldest public collection library in the United Kingdom was once the study hall of Karl Marx.

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

A famous burial ground with a history both grim and literary.

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

This magical museum celebrates the life and work of a seminal children's book writer (and occasional spy).

J.R.R Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and other "Inklings" met at the Oxford pub to discuss the now legendary fantasy stories they were writing.

A Victorian park cemetery, standing on the site of what was once the Great North Wood.

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

This foolish Victorian sea fort was converted to a deluxe hotel.

A house of bones — but nobody is quite sure to whom they belong.

This London plaque marks the spot where David Bowie's famous alien made his debut.

An artistic tribute to the famous singer, just around the corner from where he was born.

Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.

One of the oldest and certainly best preserved Cistercian abbeys still in existence.

A Victorian Gothic masterpiece housing a world-class collection of rare books and manuscripts.

Abstract dinosaur models in London.

A makeshift shrine to the late rock star is still kept up on the nondescript façade outside 1 Logan Place.

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

Shakespeare, David Bowie, Dr. Who, the Saxons, Druids and Romans are all claimed to have all made their mark on these massive man made tunnels.

Museum about life, death, and cannibalism in the Stone Age.

A unique waterfall that some believe attracts the fairfolk.