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The floor of this spectacular Baroque sanctuary is covered in memento mori.

This abandoned Brutalist tower looming over the M6 Motorway once featured a restaurant.

How did a fuel storage container become one of the most famous sights in the sporting world of cricket?

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.

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

This striking statue brings a scene from the African savannah into central London.

A building that survived WWII, possibly on the virtue of its name alone.

A discarded movie prop that was the original monolith for "2001: A Space Odyssey."

The famous polar explorer stands outside the Royal Geographical Society's headquarters.

The pockmarks across the building's facade are remnants of the Blitz.

This peeling mural of Adam and Eve was inspired by the greenhouses at Kew Gardens.

A bronze bust commemorates the heroism of the secret agents who led covert operations against the Nazis.

These ornate arches show how the course of the River Thames has changed.

The ritual has been performed uninterrupted for nearly 700 years.

A museum wholly devoted to juvenescence.

A relic of Victorian grandeur hides beneath a busy South London road.

The John Snow Memorial marks the epicenter of London's 1854 cholera epidemic.

The bronze uniforms commemorate the vital role of women during World War II.

This is London's smallest listed building.

The niches over the western entrance of Westminster Abbey honor individuals from the 20th century who gave their lives for their Christian beliefs.

This unassuming brick building contains the last purpose-built drill hall in the United Kingdom.

This haunted 17th-century pub was moved to a new city when it was already almost 300 years old.

Hidden on the urban banks of a Manchester river are a series of abandoned waterside industrial sites.

This sanitized yet surreal depiction of a Greek fertility god looks over a square in one of central London’s residential areas.