London, England
Vaulty Towers
Run by the same people as a subterranean art space, this pub does double-duty as a Cave of Wonders.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
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London Necropolis Railway Station
A closed London rail station created to cart away the dead still bears the marks of attempts to make it less morbid.
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Athena the Owl
The Florence Nightingale Museum is home to the famous nurse's most treasured possession: her beloved pet owl.
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Fetter Lane Moravian Burial Ground
Some of the earliest leaders of the Moravian congregation are buried here.
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Brown Hart Gardens
It is still illegal to "quarrel" at this unlikely urban oasis built on top of an electrical substation.
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Mount Street Gardens
Tucked away behind the mansions of Mayfair, this picturesque garden is a hidden London treasure with a spooky past.
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Audley Square Spy Lamp Post
This overlooked street light once served as a KGB dead letter box.
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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.
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William Wallace Memorial
A plaque hangs near the execution place of the Scottish Independence leader famously depicted in "Braveheart."
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London Transport Museum
Its collection includes a broad array of social, geographic, graphic design, and political history.
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Statue of James Henry Greathead
This statue of one of the engineers who created the London Underground hides a ventilation shaft for the tube lines that run under the street.
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The Cornhill Devils
These Victorian era devil sculptures were designed to spite a local vicar.
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Signs of Old Lombard Street
The last four extravagant street signs of London's historic banking street.
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Leadenhall Market
This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.
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Pudding Lane
The Great Fire of London and the regulation of one-way streets both started in this alley.
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Monument to the Great Fire of London
The commemorative stone column conceals a secret laboratory.
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Remains of the Old London Bridge
Only a few pieces remain of the structure that carried people and goods across the Thames for some 600 years.
London, England
Roman Wharf Timber
The 2,000-year-old beam is tucked within the pedestrian entrance to the old London Bridge.
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Billingsgate Roman House and Baths
A Roman spa buried deep beneath the City of London.
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Sir Ernest Shackleton's Crow's Nest
The barrel-made lookout from Shackleton's final ship is tucked away in the crypt of one of London's oldest churches.
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The Ruins of St. Dunstan-in-the-East
One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.
