The world’s only museum dedicated to baked beans.

A spectacular cave and a beguiling lake.

A student driver's nightmare.

A monument to the thrice mayor of London who according to lore made his fortune by selling his rat-chasing cat.

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

A 14th century castle built on the seat of a mighty giant.

On this headland lies a 19th-century lighthouse and historic gun battery.

Public access to clean drinking water was an instant hit among the masses.

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

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

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

One of London's oldest houses contains a mixture of both old and modern features.

A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.

A hidden treasure in London with a rich medieval history, and the resting place of many luminaries.

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

This South London cemetery holds the remains of more than 15,000 people.

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

In this cobwebbed old operating theater, you can practically hear the screams of the unanesthetized patients.

Catacombs turned marketplace.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

A sharp sculpture made of thousands of pieces of jagged glass.

This 15th-century island fortress later served as home to the executioners no one wanted to live near.