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

This 500-meter-long memorial pays tribute to the hundreds of thousands of lives lost to COVID-19 in the UK.

A living lighting fixture.

Repository for more than 22 million pickled specimens.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

The monster at the center of the Darwin Center Spirit Collection.

This educational institution and reference library specialize in the psychic arts and mediumship.

This statue in Holland Park might be one of London’s oldest outdoor statues, but its exact origins are unknown.

A little slice of Japan and its aesthetics in London's Holland Park.

This hidden rooftop garden in downtown London offers a quiet respite from a bustling city.

English antique dealers with a taste for the unusual.

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

The extra platform at Gloucester Road has been used for art displays for over 25 years.

The enchanting archway is the only surviving portal into Dublin’s lost medieval wall.

The mummified heart of a saint lives on in this church—after a brief hiatus when it was stolen.

Some of the saint's blood and bones are said to reside in Dublin.

This supermarket offers shoppers a window into the past alongside their groceries.

This permanent collection of preserved bodies taken from Irish bogs is one of the leading authorities on such morbid mummies.

These craggy limestone outcrops offer a glimpse at a unique piece of Florida geology.

An underwater city for the dead.

This striking sculpture of Icarus honors Greece's fallen flyers.

Scars of this building's past life as a violent prison still cover its walls.

This century-old, family-run bakery specializes in loukoumades, a Greek doughnut once served to ancient Olympians.

An ancient site that has revealed incredible artifacts including portions of the Themistoclean Wall.