Art Deco and “Wrenaissance” mash-up, this recently restored royal residence has been home to kings and comes with secret monkey passages included.

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

One of the few remaining examples of 19th-century London’s attempt to clean up its reputation.

A memorial to a dog that inspired rioting in the streets of London.

An eccentric 18th century naval officer built a ship's quarterdeck on his roof, the inspiration for Mary Poppins's "Admiral Boom."

A friendly pub with a sordid past in cock fighting.

The remains of an ancient Roman teenager are memorialized at the base of a modern London landmark.

The 2,000-year-old beam is tucked within the pedestrian entrance to the old London Bridge.

The majority of the museum's large collection is held in a storage space open to the public a few times a year.

Ship-sized kinetic sculptural fantasy.

The sculpture of the deceased cockatoo flops atop its personal plinth.

This elaborate Byzantine-style building was designed for a not-so-pretty purpose.

One of the greatest movie directors of all time lived and worked in this London flat from 1926 to 1939.

This Viking gravestone carved in a rare runic style was dug up from a London churchyard.

The last four extravagant street signs of London's historic banking street.

A wonderfully eclectic Victorian aquarium lies in the basement of the Horniman Museum.

A museum wholly devoted to juvenescence.

There's an exclusive Beefeaters pub hidden in the Tower of London.

Tombstones and enigmatic inscriptions hide within a vault beneath a popular London arts venue.

More than a million titles fill the labyrinthine shelves of this prestigious private library.

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

The library houses an incredible collection of some of the world's most impressive books and manuscripts.

This artist's home turned gallery/museum preserves the creator's love of "Eastern" influences.

Bronze sculpture celebrating the relationship between Churchill and Roosevelt.