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Leadenhall Market
This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.
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10 Adam Street
England's most famous front door has an accidental doppelganger.
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Monument to the Great Fire of London
The commemorative stone column conceals a secret laboratory.
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Crystal Palace Subway
A relic of Victorian grandeur hides beneath a busy South London road.
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The London Library
More than a million titles fill the labyrinthine shelves of this prestigious private library.
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Audley Square Spy Lamp Post
This overlooked street light once served as a KGB dead letter box.
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The Burlington Arcade Beadles
This luxury shopping lane has been protected by its own tiny police force for over a century.
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Longplayer
A musical composition 1000 years in length plays at the Trinity Buoy Wharf in London.
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Crossness Pumping Station
This beautiful Victorian ironwork masterpiece was built to keep London from smelling like poop.
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Clock of the Long Now: Prototype 1
A clock designed to run with perfect accuracy for 10,000 years.
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The Mail Rail
Hidden beneath the streets of London is a secret subway that only carried mail.
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Kirkaldy Testing Museum
A collection of machines designed to break things for science.
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Parliamentary Division Bells
A network of bells in the pubs and restaurants around Westminster alerts politicians when it's time to cast their votes.
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The Attendant, Fitzrovia
Drink your espresso at a Victorian-era urinal in this underground-restroom-turned-coffee-bar.
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Rolling Bridge
This unique bridge curls up like a caterpillar to let boats pass and then unfurls again to span a small canal.
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The Soho Square Hut
The Tudor-style cottage in the middle of the square is not quite what it seems.
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Trafalgar Square Imperial Measurements
These official units of measurement—including chains and perches—lie hidden beneath tourists' feet in a popular London hub.
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Eltham Palace
Art Deco and “Wrenaissance” mash-up, this recently restored royal residence has been home to kings and comes with secret monkey passages included.
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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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The Navigators
Ship-sized kinetic sculptural fantasy.
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The First Public Drinking Fountain
Public access to clean drinking water was an instant hit among the masses.
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Difference Engine #2
Charles Babbage's proto-computer, painstakingly brought to life.
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Euston's Lost Tunnels
A network of concealed passageways lies within a busy London Underground station.
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Broad Street Cholera Pump
The John Snow Memorial marks the epicenter of London's 1854 cholera epidemic.
