Edinburgh, Scotland
Robert Burns' Masonic Apron
The beloved bard's garb is proudly displayed within a Freemason's hall.
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Edinburgh, Scotland
The beloved bard's garb is proudly displayed within a Freemason's hall.
London, England
A closed London rail station created to cart away the dead still bears the marks of attempts to make it less morbid.
London, England
This peaceful park with centuries of history hides in an overlooked section of South London.
London, England
It celebrates a very stinky task and salutes London's fatberg-vanquishing team.
London, England
A network of bells in the pubs and restaurants around Westminster alerts politicians when it's time to cast their votes.
London, England
A boutique perfumery fashioned to look like a Victorian-era shop.
London, England
This overlooked street light once served as a KGB dead letter box.
London, England
On October 17, 1814, a 15-ft. wave of beer ran rampant through the streets of London.
London, England
The majority of the museum's large collection is held in a storage space open to the public a few times a year.
London, England
The barrel-made lookout from Shackleton's final ship is tucked away in the crypt of one of London's oldest churches.
London, England
Installed at a chaotic intersection, this gave London traffic cops a place to hang their heavy woolen coats.
London, England
The Columbia Road Flower Market is now open every Sunday, rain or shine.
London, England
The bar where "The Great Train Robbery" was planned was once a nexus of high society and low morals.
London, England
Remnants of cells from the most notorious London prison may lie in the basement of a rare Victorian Gin Palace.
London, England
The Metropolitan Police refurbished the blue box (perhaps not coincidentally) the same year "Doctor Who" returned to TV screens.
London, England
A historic London pub with prison cells in the cellar and a "spy room" on the second floor.
London, England
A makeshift shrine to the late rock star is still kept up on the nondescript façade outside 1 Logan Place.
London, England
The signs of a long buried road can still be found hidden beneath a London sewer grate.
London, England
This South London cemetery holds the remains of more than 15,000 people.
London, England
Hidden beneath the streets of London is a secret subway that only carried mail.
London, England
Tucked away in the Tower of London is the weapon once used to execute high-profile prisoners.
London, England
The remains of a historic football stadium that once hosted 50,000 spectators.
London, England
A cluttered and astounding collection of antiquities and curiosities.
London, England
The remains of the great moral philosopher reside in a university in London.