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

A community of artists and entrepreneurs seeks a simpler life on London's waterways.

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

The childhood home of Earth's alien chameleon is a humble Brixton flat.

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.

This museum tucked below a charming cafe gives a brief snapshot of photographic history.

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

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

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

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

Claiming to be the oldest hat store in the world, this historic haberdashery had a hand (and a head) in the creation of the Bowler.

This beautiful Victorian ironwork masterpiece was built to keep London from smelling like poop.

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

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

London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.

A hidden treasure in London with a rich medieval history, and the resting place of many luminaries.

This 1920s Dutch barge is now a floating bookstore.

A historic arboretum and non-conformist, non-denominational park cemetery.

Artists and musicians now rule over this former rail station.

This small museum in a former church crypt contains artifacts of the Elephant Man, Jack the Ripper and Florence Nightingale.

A closed London rail station created to cart away the dead still bears the marks of attempts to make it less morbid.

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

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