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

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

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

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

A plaque hangs near the execution place of the Scottish Independence leader famously depicted in "Braveheart."

This home on a quiet suburban street is completely covered with vibrant mosaics.

Bronze sculpture celebrating the relationship between Churchill and Roosevelt.

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

The John Snow Memorial marks the epicenter of London's 1854 cholera epidemic.

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

This 1920s Dutch barge is now a floating bookstore.

The remains of Crystal Palace Great Exhibition of 1851.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

Several plaster noses are hidden in plain sight around London's Soho neighborhood.

The curios of pharmacist and collector Henry Wellcome.

An unusual round church in London with a Templar past.

A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.

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

The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.

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

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

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

During the summer months, giant teddy bears take over Paris near Les Gobelins metro station.

This emotive sculpture was originally created for the 1878 World's Fair.