Legend says these colorful, invasive residents are the descendants of birds released by Jimi Hendrix.

A boutique perfumery fashioned to look like a Victorian-era shop.

The sculpture of the deceased cockatoo flops atop its personal plinth.

This secret garden has bloomed into London's most unique hub of urban creativity.

The library houses an incredible collection of some of the world's most impressive books and manuscripts.

These official units of measurement—including chains and perches—lie hidden beneath tourists' feet in a popular London hub.

Explore nearly 400 years of English middle-class home life.

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

London's largest outsider art museum.

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

19th-century scientists would make the pilgrimage here to verify the precision of their measuring sticks.

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

The television series' iconic giant foot was borrowed from this classical painting.

A 2000-year-old Roman amphitheater lies just below Guildhall Yard.

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

A mysterious artist-run cabinet of curiosities and library.

Catacombs turned marketplace.

Wedged between two buildings at the Great Ormond Street Hospital is this secret music installation.

A tongue-in-cheek arcade where the games are based on everyday life.

Banksy gives themself artistic license with this piece of London street art.

This collection of illusory paraphernalia has been culled from the history of London's premier magician's club.

This shop and gallery is a modern-day cabinet of curiosities, unassumingly positioned along an urban thoroughfare.

A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.

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