An eccentric Victorian aristocrat's enormous collection of medieval armor and weapons from around the world.

The next-door homes of two very different musicians, George Frideric Handel and Jimi Hendrix.

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

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

The last remaining example of the boatmen's perches that once dotted the south bank of the Thames.

The barrel-made lookout from Shackleton's final ship is tucked away in the crypt of one of London's oldest churches.

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

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

The lab where the scientist made his groundbreaking discoveries is preserved on the basement floor of the Faraday Museum.

This unique bridge curls up like a caterpillar to let boats pass and then unfurls again to span a small canal.

The taxidermied remains of a once-great parrot.

Rebuilt remains of a temple to Roman god Mithras.

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

Victorian-era Londoners really wanted to believe this 17th-century cistern was actually an ancient artifact.

What started as a way to address damp basement walls turned into a house filled with intricate hand-carved designs.

A special shop catering to the needs of things that go bump in the night, and also helps kids become writers.

The anatomical-pathological collection of a man who changed surgery.

A cluttered and astounding collection of antiquities and curiosities.

Its collection includes a broad array of social, geographic, graphic design, and political history.

Installed at a chaotic intersection, this gave London traffic cops a place to hang their heavy woolen coats.

Colorful murals by Jean Cocteau hide within this peaceful London sanctuary.

The John Snow Memorial marks the epicenter of London's 1854 cholera epidemic.

This overlooked street light once served as a KGB dead letter box.

The sumptuous ceiling was one of the last things Charles I saw before his execution.