Before becoming a poet John Keats studied here to become a surgeon.

Soon after its unveiling, this giant inverted globe sparked controversy and was vandalized.

These stained-glass windows are all that remains of a building that was the target of one of the biggest explosions in London after World War II.

According to legend, this tomb holds the secrets to time travel.

A replica of the gaslit streetlamp under which three teenagers founded a football club.

This hidden rooftop garden in downtown London offers a quiet respite from a bustling city.

"Purveyors of traditional sweets and vintage treats."

East London art gallery showcasing contemporary art from Europe's Eastern Bloc.

If your school was decorated with trippy graffiti, served ambrosial coffee, and was frequented by mimes, it might have been similar to this groovy cafe.

The "shampooer of kings" who opened London's first curry cafe was a celebrity in the 19th century, but is all but forgotten now.

The remains of a historic football stadium that once hosted 50,000 spectators.

This peeling mural of Adam and Eve was inspired by the greenhouses at Kew Gardens.

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

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

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

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

The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

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

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

This hidden green space is the city's second largest conservatory.

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

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