The curios of pharmacist and collector Henry Wellcome.

The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.

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

Charles Babbage's proto-computer, painstakingly brought to life.

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

A subterranean ice warehouse that has lain hidden beneath central London for over a century is now open to the public.

The pioneer of psychoanalysis spent the final year of his life here, still seeing patients on that famous couch.

A closed London rail station created to cart away the dead still bears the marks of attempts to make it less morbid.

This churchyard arbor is surrounded by hundreds of gravestones placed there by author Thomas Hardy.

Winding paths and ramshackle mausoleums in the oldest "park cemetery" in London.

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

The quaint little store that is said to have inspired a famous Dickens novel was only given its name after the book was released.

One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.

This mysterious and unique painting is filled with symbolism.

These ornate arches show how the course of the River Thames has changed.

A network of concealed passageways lies within a busy London Underground station.

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

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

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

The only university zoological museum in London houses extinct animals, bizarre natural history specimens, and a Micrarium of microscopic creatures.

Several plaster noses are hidden in plain sight around London's Soho neighborhood.

London's old-school healing garden.

An alleyway plaque is all that remains of the independent Texas' envoy that forgot to pay their rent for over a century.

Where Aleister Crowley attempted to seize the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn in a mask and a kilt.