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Pop culture has helped to keep this iconic British building from being destroyed.

Dictionary Johnson’s favorite feline.

A labyrinth hides in plain sight at each of the city's 270 Tube stations.

This legendary stone is of unknown origin, and throughout history has been a literal touchstone for British leaders.

19th-century scientists would make the pilgrimage here to verify the precision of their measuring sticks.

This London plaque marks the spot where David Bowie's famous alien made his debut.

This beautiful Victorian ironwork masterpiece was built to keep London from smelling like poop.

The largest of London's subterranean rivers and once a mad, bad center of London life.

Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.

A Roman spa buried deep beneath the City of London.

A clock designed to run with perfect accuracy for 10,000 years.

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

London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.

Mary Kelly was last seen here before she was murdered by Jack the Ripper.

A statue marks the exact spot where The Boy Who Never Grows Up made his first literary appearance.

Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.

An artistic tribute to the famous singer, just around the corner from where he was born.

A mysterious pair of mice eating a piece of cheese is London's smallest public sculpture.

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

Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.

This coffee shop lies hidden beneath a historic church.

The Metropolitan Police refurbished the blue box (perhaps not coincidentally) the same year "Doctor Who" returned to TV screens.

After nearly 60 years, there's still a bear at Paddington Station looking for help.

A network of concealed passageways lies within a busy London Underground station.