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

On a wall in linear London, a plaque hangs at the high water mark of one of the worst floods in fictional Kcymaerxthaereal times.

These morbid carvings remind churchgoers of the inevitability of death.

This marine reptile was discovered by one of the 19th century's greatest fossil hunters.

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

A historic hill of tall tales, with one rather special tree.

Where condemned pirates met their grisly end at the gallows on the River Thames.

The Tudor-style cottage in the middle of the square is not quite what it seems.

The grounds of this Jacobean estate contain one of the oldest mulberry trees in England.

A unique tribute to the millions of animals who served and died for the British military.

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

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

William Blake claimed to have painted this gothic masterpiece after encountering this nightmarish being in a vision.

The secret wartime bunker built on the platforms of an abandoned Tube station.

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

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

This secluded walkway overlooks a magnificently wild London green space.

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

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

Spitalfields' regal market goat is said to be a monument to the area's migrant population but most are pretty sure it's just a goat.

The rose garden in Regent's Park where Pongo and Perdita met for the first time in Disney's "101 Dalmatians."

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

A museum wholly devoted to juvenescence.

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