This city square dates back to the Scottish Enlightenment and was home to some of Scotland's brightest minds.

A miniature of a lighthouse acts as a beacon for what transpires inside this location.

Come for the oysters, stay for the priceless art honoring inventors across history and Scotland's favorite outdoor sports.

These characters from a Robert Louis Stevenson novel stand in an unlikely place.

This historic timepiece was a popular meeting place for romantic rendezvous in the 1960s.

A roadway designed for a visiting monarch.

The Great Fire of London and the regulation of one-way streets both started in this alley.

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

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

A sculpture outside London's oldest cathedral honors the Mohegan chief who died while petitioning the king.

This South London cemetery holds the remains of more than 15,000 people.

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

Murals of the wild parties once held on the frozen River Thames.

The last remaining example of the boatmen's perches that once dotted the south bank of the Thames.

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

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

The broken skateboards that became a poignant memorial to a murdered skater.

London's smallest police station is barely the size of a phone booth.

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

This coffee shop lies hidden beneath a historic church.

The medieval woodcut-style artwork chronicles life in medieval London.

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

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

London's amazing modernist public square that never was.