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An architectural oddity hides in plain sight on this iconic London bridge.

One of the few remaining examples of 19th-century London’s attempt to clean up its reputation.

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

The plunge pool is a surviving relic of a rowdy royal residence.

A sculpture of a famous ape who was once a beloved household name in London.

This bewitching Babylonian goddess haunts a hallway of the British Museum.

Its collection includes a broad array of social, geographic, graphic design, and political history.

A faded reminder of what was once a common sight in London during the Blitz.

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

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

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

The sixth of London's "Magnificent Seven" cemeteries, and a source of unlikely inspiration to Beatrix Potter.

The television series' iconic giant foot was borrowed from this classical painting.

The remains of Crystal Palace Great Exhibition of 1851.

Remnants of a Victorian garden feature sitting in public woodland.

Several plaster noses are hidden in plain sight around London's Soho neighborhood.

The curios of pharmacist and collector Henry Wellcome.

Rebuilt remains of a temple to Roman god Mithras.

An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.

Banksy gives themself artistic license with this piece of London street art.

Hear the quietest sound from across the dome.

This London pub hides a peculiar secret: a recreation of the rooms shared at 221b Baker Street by Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.

The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.

This churchyard arbor is surrounded by hundreds of gravestones placed there by author Thomas Hardy.