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This sprawling, Brutalist estate feels like a city within a city.

It’s fun to stay at the YMCA… but at this London outpost, it’s even more fun to eat the Bombay aloo.

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.

Some of the best renditions of traditional British dishes can be found on the site of a 15th-century inn.

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and most extensive archives on the Holocaust, the Nazi era, and genocide, this collection includes published and unpublished works, press cuttings, photographs, and eyewitness testimony.

A mineral spring that became all the rage in 17th-century England.

London's most popular recording studio, located in the capital's East End, runs partly on solar power and has played host to some of the world's biggest acts.

On the eve of a condemned prisoner's death, this bell rang 12 times outside their cell.

A small museum that celebrates the history and culture of the LGBTQ community in England.

London's first edible insect farm offers facility tours and cooking classes.

This Viking gravestone carved in a rare runic style was dug up from a London churchyard.

Public access to clean drinking water was an instant hit among the masses.

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

The monster at the center of the Darwin Center Spirit Collection.

This museum tucked below a charming cafe gives a brief snapshot of photographic history.

Where condemned pirates met their grisly end at the gallows on the River Thames.

Drink your espresso at a Victorian-era urinal in this underground-restroom-turned-coffee-bar.

An small and easily overlooked archaeology museum chock full of Egyptian artifacts.

A collection dedicated to the treatment of disease, held in London's oldest hospital.

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

Scattered throughout London are ancient remnants of the city's former bounding wall.

Artists and musicians now rule over this former rail station.

A Roman spa buried deep beneath the City of London.

Repository for more than 22 million pickled specimens.