A plaque hangs near the execution place of the Scottish Independence leader famously depicted in "Braveheart."

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

This museum tucked below a charming cafe gives a brief snapshot of photographic history.

The London pub overlooks where the Mayflower was moored before setting sail for the New World.

A glorious pub known for a spiteful printing feud and its famous typeface lost—then found—at the bottom of the Thames.

Public access to clean drinking water was an instant hit among the masses.

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

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

A mysterious pair of mice eating a piece of cheese is London's smallest public sculpture.

This 1920s Dutch barge is now a floating bookstore.

Claiming to be the oldest hat store in the world, this historic haberdashery had a hand (and a head) in the creation of the Bowler.

This beautiful Victorian ironwork masterpiece was built to keep London from smelling like poop.

Collection dedicated to brands, packaging and advertising.

Dictionary Johnson’s favorite feline.

Following the trail of an old metro line, this scenic path is haunted by a creepy spriggan statue.

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

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

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

A mysterious artist-run cabinet of curiosities and library.

An incarceration museum on the spot of possibly the oldest prison in England.

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

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

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

A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.