The broken skateboards that became a poignant memorial to a murdered skater.

Shiny Brutalist box commemorates a pioneer of electricity and houses a railway transformer.

A quiet memorial to those who died saving others in the heart of the City of London.

The barrel-made lookout from Shackleton's final ship is tucked away in the crypt of one of London's oldest churches.

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

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.

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

Richard III supposedly disposed of his nephews' bodies here in an effort to seal his claim to the throne.

You'd never know the houses at 23-24 Leinster Gardens were fakes—until you see the train tracks on the other side.

Ship-sized kinetic sculptural fantasy.

A plaque hangs near the execution place of the Scottish Independence leader famously depicted in "Braveheart."

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

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

A community of artists and entrepreneurs seeks a simpler life on London's waterways.

The London pub overlooks where the Mayflower was moored before setting sail for the New World.

Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.

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

A famous burial ground with a history both grim and literary.

Pop culture has helped to keep this iconic British building from being destroyed.

Bronze sculpture celebrating the relationship between Churchill and Roosevelt.

Charles Babbage's proto-computer, painstakingly brought to life.

The Columbia Road Flower Market is now open every Sunday, rain or shine.

This 1920s Dutch barge is now a floating bookstore.

The John Snow Memorial marks the epicenter of London's 1854 cholera epidemic.