London, England
London Wall
Scattered throughout London are ancient remnants of the city's former bounding wall.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
London, England
Word on the Water
This 1920s Dutch barge is now a floating bookstore.
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London's Lilliputian Police Station
London's smallest police station is barely the size of a phone booth.
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The Embassy of the Republic of Texas
An alleyway plaque is all that remains of the independent Texas' envoy that forgot to pay their rent for over a century.
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The Buried Remains of Little Compton Street
The signs of a long buried road can still be found hidden beneath a London sewer grate.
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London's Original and All-Inspiring Coffee House
The site of London’s first coffee house has been serving refreshments of one kind or another for 360 years.
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Goodwin's Court
An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.
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Platform 9 3/4
Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.
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The Ruins of St. Dunstan-in-the-East
One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.
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Highgate Cemetery
London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.
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The Hardy Tree
This churchyard arbor is surrounded by hundreds of gravestones placed there by author Thomas Hardy.
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Abney Park Cemetery
A historic arboretum and non-conformist, non-denominational park cemetery.
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Pelicans of St James's Park
Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.
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William Wallace Memorial
A plaque hangs near the execution place of the Scottish Independence leader famously depicted in "Braveheart."
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Postman's Park: Memorial to Heroic Self Sacrifice
A quiet memorial to those who died saving others in the heart of the City of London.
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The Golden Boy at Pye Corner
A portly statue of a golden boy commemorates an unusual cause of the Great Fire of London: the sin of gluttony.
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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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Cabmen’s Shelter in Russell Square
Originally built for London’s cab drivers, this bright green hut now serves anyone a hot drink or meal.
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Signs of Old Lombard Street
The last four extravagant street signs of London's historic banking street.
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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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Sir John Soane's Museum
A cluttered and astounding collection of antiquities and curiosities.
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The Lewis Chessmen
These mysterious Viking chess pieces spent centuries hidden on a remote Scottish island.
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Hoa Hakananai'a
The "lost friend” is the most famous of the six moai statues that were removed from Easter Island.
London, England
Coade Stone Caryatids
A measuring mishap led to these artificial stone ladies losing their stomachs.
