The first regular high-definition TV transmissions were made from this seemingly out-of-place mast located on one corner of a Victorian-era entertainment venue.

Look up from the busy streets to discover how time is kept!

A masterpiece of Art Deco architecture hidden in plain sight in West London.

Originally meant to hold a statue of King William IV, this support sat empty for years. Today, it hosts a rotating cast of public artwork.

This iconic high-rise residential block was one of the last to be built in the Brutalist style.

One of the world’s leading and most extensive archives on the Holocaust, the Nazi era, and genocide, this collection includes published and unpublished works, press cuttings, photographs, and eyewitness testimony.

An ornate and disused early 20th-century building has been given new life as a fully operational structure, complete with offices, oyster bar, and a furniture retailer.

Home of one of history's most famous cartoonists just as he left it.

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

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

The medieval woodcut-style artwork chronicles life in medieval London.

Though it's not the largest, this one-kilometer outdoor market is reportedly the longest in Europe.

Legend says these colorful, invasive residents are the descendants of birds released by Jimi Hendrix.

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

This ancient Egyptian obelisk still bears the wounds of World War I.

This East End pub gained notoriety as the site where gangster Ronnie Kray publicly shot a rival.

The taxidermied remains of a once-great parrot.

This pump on the bad side of Victorian London betrayed a horrifying revelation about the water supply.

This beautiful deer park was built so King Charles I and his court could go hunting while escaping a deadly plague outbreak.

Black cat statues guard this temple-like Egyptian revival factory.

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 library houses an incredible collection of some of the world's most impressive books and manuscripts.

This artist's home turned gallery/museum preserves the creator's love of "Eastern" influences.