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Captain Bligh's Grave
The breadfruit-adorned final resting place of the infamous Captain of the HMS Bounty.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
London, England
I Goat
Spitalfields' regal market goat is said to be a monument to the area's migrant population but most are pretty sure it's just a goat.
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Speakers' Corner
London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.
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The Theatre
Two plaques commemorate the site of Shakespeare's first theatre.
London, England
Houseboats of Regents Canal
A community of artists and entrepreneurs seeks a simpler life on London's waterways.
London, England
Leighton House Museum
This artist's home turned gallery/museum preserves the creator's love of "Eastern" influences.
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Jeremy Bentham's Auto-Icon
The remains of the great moral philosopher reside in a university in London.
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Sir Richard Burton's Tent-Tomb
Eclectic final resting place of the controversial explorer.
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Battersea Power Station
Pop culture has helped to keep this iconic British building from being destroyed.
Permanently Closed
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Kensington Roof Gardens
This hidden rooftop garden in downtown London offers a quiet respite from a bustling city.
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Natural History Museum of London
Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.
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Lindow Man
A naturally mummified 2,000-year-old man.
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London Wall
Scattered throughout London are ancient remnants of the city's former bounding wall.
London, England
Brompton Cemetery
The sixth of London's "Magnificent Seven" cemeteries, and a source of unlikely inspiration to Beatrix Potter.
London, England
The Imperial War Museum London
This massive collection of British military artifacts includes the heartbreaking personal letters of the men in the trenches of WWI.
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Hyde Park Pet Cemetery
The final resting place to 300 Victorian-era pets hides inside the city park.
London, England
The Clink Prison Museum
An incarceration museum on the spot of possibly the oldest prison in England.
London, England
Monument to Hodge the Cat
Dictionary Johnson’s favorite feline.
London, England
The London Stone
This legendary stone is of unknown origin, and throughout history has been a literal touchstone for British leaders.
London, England
Ruins of the Crystal Palace
The remains of Crystal Palace Great Exhibition of 1851.
London, England
Greenwich Foot Tunnel
A 1,215-foot tunnel transports pedestrians beneath the River Thames.
London, England
The Churchill War Rooms
The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.
London, England
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.
London, England
221b Baker Street
The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.
