Only a few pieces remain of the structure that carried people and goods across the Thames for some 600 years.

A museum that chronicles the interesting and often dark history of the London docklands, once one of the major trading ports of the world.

This museum is dedicated solely to this millennia-old handheld cooling device.

It celebrates a very stinky task and salutes London's fatberg-vanquishing team.

The last remaining example of the boatmen's perches that once dotted the south bank of the Thames.

This historic building displays the remains of a victim of the devastating 14th-century plague.

The sumptuous ceiling was one of the last things Charles I saw before his execution.

A memorial to a dog that inspired rioting in the streets of London.

On October 17, 1814, a 15-ft. wave of beer ran rampant through the streets of London.

The ritual has been performed uninterrupted for nearly 700 years.

The remains of an ancient Roman teenager are memorialized at the base of a modern London landmark.

Art Deco and “Wrenaissance” mash-up, this recently restored royal residence has been home to kings and comes with secret monkey passages included.

This elaborate Byzantine-style building was designed for a not-so-pretty purpose.

Classic game cookery takes center stage at what's widely considered London's oldest restaurant.

A musical composition 1000 years in length plays at the Trinity Buoy Wharf in London.

Never actually a tree at all, this spot was the site of London's public hangings for nearly 600 years.

These morbid carvings remind churchgoers of the inevitability of death.

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

This coffee shop lies hidden beneath a historic church.

This landmark church concealed a crypt packed with bones that was discovered thanks to the London Blitz.

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

A Roman spa buried deep beneath the City of London.

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.

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