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Heinzelmännchenbrunnen

This 19th-century fountain features sculptures of little gnomes that help with chores.
London, England

Pudding Lane

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

Guildhall's Underground Roman Amphitheater

A 2000-year-old Roman amphitheater lies just below Guildhall Yard.
London, England

Postman's Park: Memorial to Heroic Self Sacrifice

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

Museum of the Home

Explore nearly 400 years of English middle-class home life.
London, England

Village Underground

Artists and musicians now rule over this former rail station.
London, England

Speakers' Corner

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

The Wallace Collection Armory

An eccentric Victorian aristocrat's enormous collection of medieval armor and weapons from around the world.
London, England

British Dental Museum

The collection contains over 25,000 items and details the painful dental practices of the past.
London, England

Freud Museum London

The pioneer of psychoanalysis spent the final year of his life here, still seeing patients on that famous couch.
London, England

Queen Mary's Garden

The rose garden in Regent's Park where Pongo and Perdita met for the first time in Disney's "101 Dalmatians."
London, England

Sherlock Holmes Statue

This tribute to the fictional detective stands at the famous literary character's address.
Rievaulx, England

Rievaulx Abbey

This 11th-century Cistercian abbey was once seized by Henry VIII.
Whitby, England

Whitby Museum, Library & Archive

The curious and tiny collection contains some very odd objects.
Slough, England

Station Jim

This preserved puppy was an adorable beacon of charity.
London, England

186 Fleet Street

The (fictional) address of Sweeney Todd's bloody barbershop.
London, England

Temple Church

An unusual round church in London with a Templar past.
London, England

Temple Bar Memorial Dragon

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

Lincoln's Inn

This inn of the court provides a fascinating window into London’s legal and architectural history.
London, England

The Ostler's Hut

This is London's smallest listed building.
London, England

Cittie of Yorke

This pub has roots dating back to 1430 and serves as the setting for multiple Charles Dickens stories.
London, England

Novelty Automation

A tongue-in-cheek arcade where the games are based on everyday life.
London, England

Sir John Soane's Museum

A cluttered and astounding collection of antiquities and curiosities.
London, England

London Transport Museum

Its collection includes a broad array of social, geographic, graphic design, and political history.