Above an abandoned Underground station, this charming bookstore is home to strange antiquities and literary works.

The bronze uniforms commemorate the vital role of women during World War II.

It's a mystery why these remains were found with no traces of their bodies in sight.

It celebrates a very stinky task and salutes London's fatberg-vanquishing team.

This third-generation institution is one of the last in London that still cures its own salt beef for epic sandwiches.

A fully functional, 200-year-old remnant of the time when Brixton was mostly fields.

London's only public statue of the much-married monarch adorns the gate to St Bartholomew’s Hospital.

This bookstore serves recipes from the cookbooks on sale.

A recently restored Shoreditch landmark with ties to Jack the Ripper.

The canine-themed book collection claims to be Europe's largest dog library.

This bewitching Babylonian goddess haunts a hallway of the British Museum.

This unassuming alcove in London’s famous Tower Bridge once served to capture, store, and display dead bodies from the River Thames.

The gigantic skull of a long-extinct species that once roamed the forests of England and Ireland.

This knockout museum lies in a sleepy corner of London.

The world's oldest optical museum is an odd collection where the exhibits look at you.

The Art Deco artwork depicts gilded carriers of deadly illnesses.

The collection contains over 25,000 items and details the painful dental practices of the past.

A bronze bust commemorates the heroism of the secret agents who led covert operations against the Nazis.

London's marvelous wildfowl reserve along the Thames.

The plunge pool is a surviving relic of a rowdy royal residence.

These wire animal sculptures commemorate the exotic inhabitants that once called the Tower of London home.

High-end antique collection housed in a centuries-old church.

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

These mysterious Viking chess pieces spent centuries hidden on a remote Scottish island.