This unassuming alcove in London’s famous Tower Bridge once served to capture, store, and display dead bodies from the River Thames.

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

The ritual has been performed uninterrupted for nearly 700 years.

Rebuilt remains of a temple to Roman god Mithras.

The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.

After nearly 60 years, there's still a bear at Paddington Station looking for help.

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

An incarceration museum on the spot of possibly the oldest prison in England.

Murals of the wild parties once held on the frozen River Thames.

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

The bridge is a secret gallery of discarded gum that has been transformed into miniature masterpieces.

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

This intriguing Bronze Age artifact spent centuries hidden within a Welsh faerie hill.

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

A statue marks the exact spot where The Boy Who Never Grows Up made his first literary appearance.

A fully functional, 200-year-old remnant of the time when Brixton was mostly fields.

Formerly known as Saville Theatre, this mid-20th-century entertainment hub includes an ornate frieze.

London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.

"We gonna rock down to Electric Avenue, and then we'll take it higher..."

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

These official units of measurement—including chains and perches—lie hidden beneath tourists' feet in a popular London hub.

The pockmarks across the building's facade are remnants of the Blitz.

A statue of the legendary Celtic warrior queen who fought the Roman invaders stands in one of the cities she once destroyed.

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