The curios of pharmacist and collector Henry Wellcome.

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

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

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

The remains of the great moral philosopher reside in a university in London.

Pop culture has helped to keep this iconic British building from being destroyed.

Ship-sized kinetic sculptural fantasy.

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

A quiet memorial to those who died saving others in the heart of the City of London.

Children's hospital in London that operates on royalties received from Peter Pan, which J.M. Barrie signed over in 1929.

Rebuilt remains of a temple to Roman god Mithras.

A portly statue of a golden boy commemorates an unusual cause of the Great Fire of London: the sin of gluttony.

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

Bronze sculpture celebrating the relationship between Churchill and Roosevelt.

Hear the quietest sound from across the dome.

A collection of comics, graphic novels, animation and caricatures devoted to exploring this often overlooked art form.

Murals of the wild parties once held on the frozen River Thames.

A cluttered and astounding collection of antiquities and curiosities.

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

Dictionary Johnson’s favorite feline.

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

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

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

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