Tucked away in the Tower of London is the weapon once used to execute high-profile prisoners.

A Victorian school for poverty stricken waifs has been preserved as a museum to their donated education.

The library houses an incredible collection of some of the world's most impressive books and manuscripts.

The taxidermied remains of a once-great parrot.

This long-hidden space above Westminster Abbey now displays the battle gear of the legendary King Henry V.

The "lost friend” is the most famous of the six moai statues that were removed from Easter Island.

The 2,000-year-old beam is tucked within the pedestrian entrance to the old London Bridge.

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

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

The wooden telephone box hidden away in London's Piccadilly was the original prototype of the iconic kiosk.

This secluded walkway overlooks a magnificently wild London green space.

A Roman spa buried deep beneath the City of London.

The watery entrance for condemned prisoners heading to the Tower of London is still visible along the Thames.

Art Deco and “Wrenaissance” mash-up, this recently restored royal residence has been home to kings and comes with secret monkey passages included.

The remains of the great moral philosopher reside in a university in London.

Richard III supposedly disposed of his nephews' bodies here in an effort to seal his claim to the throne.

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

Explore nearly 400 years of English middle-class home life.

This artist's home turned gallery/museum preserves the creator's love of "Eastern" influences.

Two plaques commemorate the site of Shakespeare's first theatre.

A glorious pub known for a spiteful printing feud and its famous typeface lost—then found—at the bottom of the Thames.

A musical composition 1000 years in length plays at the Trinity Buoy Wharf in London.

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

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