A special shop catering to the needs of things that go bump in the night, and also helps kids become writers.

The quaint little store that is said to have inspired a famous Dickens novel was only given its name after the book was released.

One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.

This London pub hides a peculiar secret: a recreation of the rooms shared at 221b Baker Street by Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.

The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.

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

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

Winding paths and ramshackle mausoleums in the oldest "park cemetery" in London.

A vast overgrown cemetery, once known as one of London's "Magnificent Seven."

A historic London cemetery now serves as a nature park incorporating gravestones & memorial statues.

A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.

The remains of Crystal Palace Great Exhibition of 1851.

Mary Kelly was last seen here before she was murdered by Jack the Ripper.

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

Abstract dinosaur models in London.

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

A famous burial ground with a history both grim and literary.

The Columbia Road Flower Market is now open every Sunday, rain or shine.

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

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

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

The cedar tree in Highgate Cemetery earned its title by accident.