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What started as a way to address damp basement walls turned into a house filled with intricate hand-carved designs.

This lush area was the site of extensive enemy bombing during WWII.

This may be the last of London's wooden pavements, which were once a common sight in the city.

This ancient oak plays host to carvings of magical elves, gnomes, witches, and other creatures prominent in local folklore.

This innovative steam machine was no doubt the most famous of the pioneer locomotives.

This ancient Egyptian obelisk still bears the wounds of World War I.

This peeling mural of Adam and Eve was inspired by the greenhouses at Kew Gardens.

Victorian-era Londoners really wanted to believe this 17th-century cistern was actually an ancient artifact.

This medieval church tower has maintained its clockworks since the 16th century.

A relic from one of London's worst 19th-century slums.

Graffiti from the 16th and 17th centuries cover the walls of this part of the Tower of London.

A faded reminder of what was once a common sight in London during the Blitz.

A fully functional, 200-year-old remnant of the time when Brixton was mostly fields.

Its collection includes a broad array of social, geographic, graphic design, and political history.

A plaque marks the underground site of one of London's "lost rivers."

The plunge pool is a surviving relic of a rowdy royal residence.

A bronze bust commemorates the heroism of the secret agents who led covert operations against the Nazis.

The grounds of this Jacobean estate contain one of the oldest mulberry trees in England.

Buried for centuries, this hidden cellar is all that remains of London's medieval Whitefriars Monastery.

The commemorative stone column conceals a secret laboratory.

The fences outside some of South London's estates are made from recycled World War II stretchers.

A recently restored Shoreditch landmark with ties to Jack the Ripper.

High-end antique collection housed in a centuries-old church.

A tiny replica of the iconic London landmark hides on the side of the steel structure.