The fierce beast perches atop a pedestal marking where the historic City of London gates once stood.

On the eve of a condemned prisoner's death, this bell rang 12 times outside their cell.

Remnants of cells from the most notorious London prison may lie in the basement of a rare Victorian Gin Palace.

Dictionary Johnson’s favorite feline.

An unusual round church in London with a Templar past.

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

The pretty iron lamp is a reminder of the architecture underneath London's streets.

England's most famous front door has an accidental doppelganger.

The world's oldest family-run magic shop is hidden beneath a bustling London thoroughfare.

A series of carved figures that scandalized British society.

This unassuming building produced some of the world's most famous bells.

Legend has it this gnarled old tree was planted by Tsar Peter the Great during his visit to London.

These morbid carvings remind churchgoers of the inevitability of death.

A giant scrawl on the skyline of south London.

A vast overgrown cemetery, once known as one of London's "Magnificent Seven."

A historic hill of tall tales, with one rather special tree.

A Victorian natural history and ethnographic museum with wonderful turn-of-the-century, science-book-esque evolution displays.

A wonderfully eclectic Victorian aquarium lies in the basement of the Horniman Museum.

Remnants of a Victorian garden feature sitting in public woodland.

A sculpture of a famous ape who was once a beloved household name in London.

The remains of Crystal Palace Great Exhibition of 1851.

A relic of Victorian grandeur hides beneath a busy South London road.

A comic book store that puts the marvel back in marvellous.

A wellspring of creativity in an already artsy East London neighborhood.