Tucked away in the Tower of London is the weapon once used to execute high-profile prisoners.

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

Metal horses galloping through a London fountain provide a link to the city's past.

This lush area was the site of extensive enemy bombing during WWII.

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

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

The commemorative stone column conceals a secret laboratory.

Ship-sized kinetic sculptural fantasy.

The Great Fire of London and the regulation of one-way streets both started in this alley.

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

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

The largest clown school in Britain offering accredited degrees.

Artists and musicians now rule over this former rail station.

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

Explore nearly 400 years of English middle-class home life.

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

Scattered throughout London are ancient remnants of the city's former bounding wall.

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

A celebrated bandstand at the center of what was once the worst slum in London.

London's most popular recording studio, located in the capital's East End, runs partly on solar power and has played host to some of the world's biggest acts.

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

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

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

Tourists who rely on a transit map to find the iconic Beatles location often end up in a far-off neighborhood.