A historic hill of tall tales, with one rather special tree.

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

A labyrinth hides in plain sight at each of the city's 270 Tube stations.

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

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

The fierce beast perches atop a pedestal marking where the historic City of London gates once stood.

A cablecar-station-turned-revolving restaurant with 360-degree views of the Swiss skyline.

A once-thriving hotel in the Swiss Alps couldn't compete with climate change.

19th-century scientists would make the pilgrimage here to verify the precision of their measuring sticks.

The John Snow Memorial marks the epicenter of London's 1854 cholera epidemic.

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

Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.

Bronze sculpture celebrating the relationship between Churchill and Roosevelt.

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

A historic arboretum and non-conformist, non-denominational park cemetery.

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

This massive collection of British military artifacts includes the heartbreaking personal letters of the men in the trenches of WWI.

The sixth of London's "Magnificent Seven" cemeteries, and a source of unlikely inspiration to Beatrix Potter.

The remains of Crystal Palace Great Exhibition of 1851.

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

The final resting place to 300 Victorian-era pets hides inside the city park.

London's smallest police station is barely the size of a phone booth.

Hear the quietest sound from across the dome.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.