Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.

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

This legendary stone is of unknown origin, and throughout history has been a literal touchstone for British leaders.

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

Abstract dinosaur models in London.

After nearly 60 years, there's still a bear at Paddington Station looking for help.

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

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

This massive collection of British military artifacts includes the heartbreaking personal letters of the men in the trenches of WWI.

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

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

The sixth of London's "Magnificent Seven" cemeteries, and a source of unlikely inspiration to Beatrix Potter.

London's old-school healing garden.

Scattered throughout London are ancient remnants of the city's former bounding wall.

London's smallest police station is barely the size of a phone booth.

An alleyway plaque is all that remains of the independent Texas' envoy that forgot to pay their rent for over a century.

The final resting place to 300 Victorian-era pets hides inside the city park.

A historic London pub with prison cells in the cellar and a "spy room" on the second floor.

The signs of a long buried road can still be found hidden beneath a London sewer grate.

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

Hear the quietest sound from across the dome.

A makeshift shrine to the late rock star is still kept up on the nondescript façade outside 1 Logan Place.

A hands-off space for graffiti artists to hone and display their skills.

A 1,215-foot tunnel transports pedestrians beneath the River Thames.