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

An architectural oddity hides in plain sight on this iconic London bridge.

The watery entrance for condemned prisoners heading to the Tower of London is still visible along the Thames.

This shop and gallery is a modern-day cabinet of curiosities, unassumingly positioned along an urban thoroughfare.

Lovers proclaim their unbreakable bond by leaving their names on locks fastened onto the Shoreditch fence in East London.

A building that survived WWII, possibly on the virtue of its name alone.

Artists and musicians now rule over this former rail station.

Preserved behind glass, the ruins of a medieval building used to store human remains.

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.

A mysterious pair of mice eating a piece of cheese is London's smallest public sculpture.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the Harry Potter films.

London's amazing modernist public square that never was.

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

This Underground station has been a popular filming location for decades, even before it closed.

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

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

This may be the last of London's wooden pavements, which were once a common sight in the city.

Hear the quietest sound from across the dome.

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

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

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

Since 1887, this old-school shop has stacked its shelves with extraordinary coffees and teas.

An unusual ode to the late Irish playwright, complete with a squiggly bust and coffin-shaped bench.

The pretty iron lamp is a reminder of the architecture underneath London's streets.