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London, England
Kew Gardens Underground Aquarium
A marine aquarium with an astounding variety of fish hides in the basement beneath the famous Palm House.
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London, England
King’s Observatory
Built by George III to observe the transit of Venus, this Georgian gem is a unique survivor in the Arcadian landscape of Richmond upon Thames.
London, England
The Coronation Stone
Legend has it that seven Anglo-Saxon kings were coronated on this stone, located in the appropriately-named town of Kingston.
London, England
King Henry's Mound
It is against the law to obstruct the view from the top of this English burial mound.
London, England
Broad Street Cholera Pump
The John Snow Memorial marks the epicenter of London's 1854 cholera epidemic.
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London, England
'Great Dangaroo Flood'
On a wall in linear London, a plaque hangs at the high water mark of one of the worst floods in fictional Kcymaerxthaereal times.
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London, England
The Buried Remains of Little Compton Street
The signs of a long buried road can still be found hidden beneath a London sewer grate.
London, England
The Soho Square Hut
The Tudor-style cottage in the middle of the square is not quite what it seems.
London, England
Alfred Russel Wallace Statue
A tribute to an explorer and naturalist often overlooked by history.
London, England
Mary Anning's Plesiosaur
This marine reptile was discovered by one of the 19th century's greatest fossil hunters.
London, England
Darwin Centre Spirit Collection
Repository for more than 22 million pickled specimens.
London, England
Natural History Museum of London
Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.
London, England
The Churchill Arms
This pub was 238 years old when it decided to revamp its image: It started serving Thai food.
London, England
Earl's Court Police Box
The Metropolitan Police refurbished the blue box (perhaps not coincidentally) the same year "Doctor Who" returned to TV screens.
London, England
Kyoto Garden
A little slice of Japan and its aesthetics in London's Holland Park.
London, England
‘Out of Order’
A domino effect created with Britain’s iconic telephone boxes.
East Molesey, England
Hampton Court Maze
England's oldest surviving hedge maze has been confusing visitors for over 300 years.
London, England
Richmond Park
This beautiful deer park was built so King Charles I and his court could go hunting while escaping a deadly plague outbreak.
London, England
Sir Richard Burton's Tent-Tomb
Eclectic final resting place of the controversial explorer.
London, England
Hoover Building
A masterpiece of Art Deco architecture hidden in plain sight in West London.
London, England
Strawberry Hill
In Twickenham sits a small whitewashed castle that inspired Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein.'
London, England
Osterley Bookshop
Above an abandoned Underground station, this charming bookstore is home to strange antiquities and literary works.
Bude, England
Bude Castle
A quirky "castle" formerly belonging to a famous British inventor.
Devon, England
'Verity'
An allegorical statue of a giant pregnant woman representing justice and truth.
