The bar where "The Great Train Robbery" was planned was once a nexus of high society and low morals.

A haunting painting meant to capture the calamity of World War I.

This macabre painting of a Shakespearean scene looks like something out of a nightmare.

This mysterious and unique painting is filled with symbolism.

The famous polar explorer stands outside the Royal Geographical Society's headquarters.

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

One of the oldest trees in Britain may have been witness to some of the country's formative moments.

This hidden rooftop garden in downtown London offers a quiet respite from a bustling city.

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

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

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

English antique dealers with a taste for the unusual.

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

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

London's old-school healing garden.

A 1950s beatnik coffee house, turned 60s counterculture hotspot, turned modern music venue.

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

Chelsea's soldiers were given strict orders when crossing this historic bridge.

A memorial to a dog that inspired rioting in the streets of London.

This wildly-tiled artist's palace is a living and growing account of the creator's life, loves, and labors.

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

A gallery specifically dedicated to the botanical illustrations of a remarkable traveling lady.

This beautiful deer park was built so King Charles I and his court could go hunting while escaping a deadly plague outbreak.

This breathtakingly beautiful botanical garden is home to a mob of wonderful wallabies.