London, England
Clock of the Long Now: Prototype 1
A clock designed to run with perfect accuracy for 10,000 years.
Places benjaminharmon1 Wants to Go
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Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
London, England
Gordon Museum of Pathology
One of the world's largest collections of pathological specimens.
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The Morpeth Arms
A historic London pub with prison cells in the cellar and a "spy room" on the second floor.
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Brompton Cemetery
The sixth of London's "Magnificent Seven" cemeteries, and a source of unlikely inspiration to Beatrix Potter.
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Darwin Centre Spirit Collection
Repository for more than 22 million pickled specimens.
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Masonic Lodge of the Andaz Hotel
Hidden behind a wall for decades, this masonic lodge was only rediscovered during renovations.
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The House of Dreams Museum
This wildly-tiled artist's palace is a living and growing account of the creator's life, loves, and labors.
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The Clink Prison Museum
An incarceration museum on the spot of possibly the oldest prison in England.
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Natural History Museum of London
Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.
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Horniman Museum and Gardens
A Victorian natural history and ethnographic museum with wonderful turn-of-the-century, science-book-esque evolution displays.
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Pollock's Toy Museum
A toy store with a century-long history preserves the craftsmanship of playthings of the past.
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Saint Bartholomew's Hospital Pathology Museum
A collection dedicated to the treatment of disease, held in London's oldest hospital.
Permanently Closed
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Growing Underground
The world's first underground farm is in a World War II bomb shelter beneath the streets of London.
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Stables Market
Catacombs turned marketplace.
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The Wildgoose Memorial Library
A mysterious artist-run cabinet of curiosities and library.
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Old Operating Theatre Museum & Herb Garret
In this cobwebbed old operating theater, you can practically hear the screams of the unanesthetized patients.
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The Old Curiosity Shop
The quaint little store that is said to have inspired a famous Dickens novel was only given its name after the book was released.
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Hoxton Street Monster Supplies
A special shop catering to the needs of things that go bump in the night, and also helps kids become writers.
Permanently Closed
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Lullaby Factory
Wedged between two buildings at the Great Ormond Street Hospital is this secret music installation.
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The Sherlock Holmes Pub and Museum
This London pub hides a peculiar secret: a recreation of the rooms shared at 221b Baker Street by Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.
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The London Dungeon
One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.
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The Churchill War Rooms
The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.
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221b Baker Street
The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.
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Magic Circle Museum
This collection of illusory paraphernalia has been culled from the history of London's premier magician's club.
