The remains of a historic football stadium that once hosted 50,000 spectators.

A mysterious shape catches the eye in this 16th-century painting.

This bewitching Babylonian goddess haunts a hallway of the British Museum.

This London marker celebrates the spot where the world-famous English band was founded.

London's marvelous wildfowl reserve along the Thames.

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

Colorful murals by Jean Cocteau hide within this peaceful London sanctuary.

These mysterious Viking chess pieces spent centuries hidden on a remote Scottish island.

These docile dragons are ideal inhabitants for the conservatory greenhouses.

A decommissioned tube carriage within a London museum hosts a regular pop-up supper club.

This beautiful deer park was built so King Charles I and his court could go hunting while escaping a deadly plague outbreak.

It is still illegal to "quarrel" at this unlikely urban oasis built on top of an electrical substation.

This former medical factory gives home to cutting edge arts in the shadow of a gas works.

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

This secret garden has bloomed into London's most unique hub of urban creativity.

A roadside shrine to a late rock god only remains thanks to the unyielding efforts of his fans.

The first geometric self-supporting spiral stairs in Britain are a truly beautiful sight.

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

This unique bridge curls up like a caterpillar to let boats pass and then unfurls again to span a small canal.

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

The "lost friend” is the most famous of the six moai statues that were removed from Easter Island.

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

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

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