A building that survived WWII, possibly on the virtue of its name alone.

Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.

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

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

The taxidermied remains of a once-great parrot.

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

Spitalfields' regal market goat is said to be a monument to the area's migrant population but most are pretty sure it's just a goat.

This London pub hides a peculiar secret: a recreation of the rooms shared at 221b Baker Street by Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.

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

A mysterious pair of mice eating a piece of cheese is London's smallest public sculpture.

This pump on the bad side of Victorian London betrayed a horrifying revelation about the water supply.

This intricately carved and hilariously huge bed was such a famous symbol both Shakespeare and Byron used it in their writing.

Installed at a chaotic intersection, this gave London traffic cops a place to hang their heavy woolen coats.

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

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

Ship-sized kinetic sculptural fantasy.

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

A friendly pub with a sordid past in cock fighting.

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

Hidden behind a wall for decades, this masonic lodge was only rediscovered during renovations.

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

A historic house left in "dramatic still life."

The site of London's first coffee house has been serving refreshments of one kind or another for 360 years.

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