London, England
The Soho Square Hut
The Tudor-style cottage in the middle of the square is not quite what it seems.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
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The Lewis Chessmen
These mysterious Viking chess pieces spent centuries hidden on a remote Scottish island.
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Mold Gold Cape
This intriguing Bronze Age artifact spent centuries hidden within a Welsh faerie hill.
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Lindow Man
A naturally mummified 2,000-year-old man.
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Algerian Coffee Stores
Since 1887, this old-school shop has stacked its shelves with extraordinary coffees and teas.
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Great Ormond Street Hospital
Children's hospital in London that operates on royalties received from Peter Pan, which J.M. Barrie signed over in 1929.
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The Cartoon Museum
A collection of comics, graphic novels, animation and caricatures devoted to exploring this often overlooked art form.
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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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Hoa Hakananai'a
The "lost friend” is the most famous of the six moai statues that were removed from Easter Island.
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The Burney Relief
This bewitching Babylonian goddess haunts a hallway of the British Museum.
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Ruins of the Crystal Palace
The remains of Crystal Palace Great Exhibition of 1851.
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Battersea Power Station
Pop culture has helped to keep this iconic British building from being destroyed.
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Church of Notre Dame de France
Colorful murals by Jean Cocteau hide within this peaceful London sanctuary.
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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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Cecil Court
A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.
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'The Ambassadors'
A mysterious shape catches the eye in this 16th-century painting.
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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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Sir John Soane's Museum
A cluttered and astounding collection of antiquities and curiosities.
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Seven Noses of Soho
Several plaster noses are hidden in plain sight around London's Soho neighborhood.
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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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'A Conversation With Oscar Wilde'
An unusual ode to the late Irish playwright, complete with a squiggly bust and coffin-shaped bench.
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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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Charing Cross Storm Tree
A living memorial to the trees London lost during the Great Storm of 1987.
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The Old Curiosity Shop
The quaint little store that is said to have inspired a famous Dickens novel was only given its name after the book was released.
