Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.

The legendary birthplace of the Japanese maneki-neko is dotted with hundreds of lucky beckoning cats.

Not quite the menace it once was, this monster still has some chops.

Cabaret where the show girls are all androids, and the patrons couldn't be more pleased.

A marine aquarium with an astounding variety of fish hides in the basement beneath the famous Palm House.

Formerly known as Saville Theatre, this mid-20th-century entertainment hub includes an ornate frieze.

The Great Fire of London and the regulation of one-way streets both started in this alley.

The bones of two medieval royal lions were discovered at the historic fortress.

These docile dragons are ideal inhabitants for the conservatory greenhouses.

The commemorative stone column conceals a secret laboratory.

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

Residential building on the Regents Canal is a breeding ground for creativity and innovation.

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

An architectural oddity hides in plain sight on this iconic London bridge.

A unique tribute to the millions of animals who served and died for the British military.

The ritual has been performed uninterrupted for nearly 700 years.

A statue of the legendary Celtic warrior queen who fought the Roman invaders stands in one of the cities she once destroyed.

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

Never actually a tree at all, this spot was the site of London's public hangings for nearly 600 years.

The watery entrance for condemned prisoners heading to the Tower of London is still visible along the Thames.

This secluded walkway overlooks a magnificently wild London green space.

A community of artists and entrepreneurs seeks a simpler life on London's waterways.

Two plaques commemorate the site of Shakespeare's first theatre.

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