The cedar tree in Highgate Cemetery earned its title by accident.

This long-hidden space above Westminster Abbey now displays the battle gear of the legendary King Henry V.

Traveling collection of amazing automata.

A glorious pub known for a spiteful printing feud and its famous typeface lost—then found—at the bottom of the Thames.

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

This luxury shopping lane has been protected by its own tiny police force for over a century.

London's largest outsider art museum.

Dictionary Johnson’s favorite feline.

The monster at the center of the Darwin Center Spirit Collection.

Remnants of cells from the most notorious London prison may lie in the basement of a rare Victorian Gin Palace.

A labyrinth hides in plain sight at each of the city's 270 Tube stations.

Claiming to be the oldest hat store in the world, this historic haberdashery had a hand (and a head) in the creation of the Bowler.

Drink your espresso at a Victorian-era urinal in this underground-restroom-turned-coffee-bar.

This pub was 238 years old when it decided to revamp its image: It started serving Thai food.

A relic of Victorian grandeur hides beneath a busy South London road.

This legendary stone is of unknown origin, and throughout history has been a literal touchstone for British leaders.

A naturally mummified 2,000-year-old man.

Revel in the Victorian splendor of the world's oldest eating establishment inside a museum.

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

This secluded walkway overlooks a magnificently wild London green space.

19th-century scientists would make the pilgrimage here to verify the precision of their measuring sticks.

The bar where "The Great Train Robbery" was planned was once a nexus of high society and low morals.

A clock designed to run with perfect accuracy for 10,000 years.

Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.