A mysterious suspended hand greets unsuspecting visitors at the Tower of London.

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

Graffiti from the 16th and 17th centuries cover the walls of this part of the Tower of London.

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

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

There's an exclusive Beefeaters pub hidden in the Tower of London.

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

These wire animal sculptures commemorate the exotic inhabitants that once called the Tower of London home.

An alleyway plaque is all that remains of the independent Texas' envoy that forgot to pay their rent for over a century.

Claiming to be the oldest hat store in the world, this historic haberdashery had a hand (and a head) in the creation of the Bowler.

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

The wooden telephone box hidden away in London's Piccadilly was the original prototype of the iconic kiosk.

A traditional American farmhouse plopped in the middle of a Piccadilly courtyard.

At the top of the hour, figures of the London department store's two co-founders emerge and bow to each other.

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

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

One of London’s rare Tudor-era buildings is a fate-defying gatehouse for a church.

London's only public statue of the much-married monarch adorns the gate to St Bartholomew’s Hospital.

A portly statue of a golden boy commemorates an unusual cause of the Great Fire of London: the sin of gluttony.

Remnants of cells from the most notorious London prison may lie in the basement of a rare Victorian Gin Palace.

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

One of the oldest remaining Catholic churches in England is home to the hand of a 7th-century saint.

Down a pint of ale where the Bishop of Ely's servants slept in 1546.

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