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Cecil Court
A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.
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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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Dinner by Heston Blumenthal
Historic cuisine meets fine dining in a hotel-restaurant overlooking Hyde Park.
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London's Stretcher Railings
The fences outside some of South London's estates are made from recycled World War II stretchers.
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Sir Ernest Shackleton's Crow's Nest
The barrel-made lookout from Shackleton's final ship is tucked away in the crypt of one of London's oldest churches.
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The London Beer Flood
On October 17, 1814, a 15-ft. wave of beer ran rampant through the streets of London.
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Electric Avenue
"We gonna rock down to Electric Avenue, and then we'll take it higher..."
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Queen Mary's Garden
The rose garden in Regent's Park where Pongo and Perdita met for the first time in Disney's "101 Dalmatians."
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Tyburn Tree Marker
Never actually a tree at all, this spot was the site of London's public hangings for nearly 600 years.
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Queen's Diamond Jubilee Galleries
This long-hidden space above Westminster Abbey now displays the battle gear of the legendary King Henry V.
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St. Nicholas Church Memento Mori
These morbid carvings remind churchgoers of the inevitability of death.
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The Churchill Arms
This pub was 238 years old when it decided to revamp its image: It started serving Thai food.
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Michael Faraday's Laboratory
The lab where the scientist made his groundbreaking discoveries is preserved on the basement floor of the Faraday Museum.
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Longplayer
A musical composition 1000 years in length plays at the Trinity Buoy Wharf in London.
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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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Café in the Crypt
This coffee shop lies hidden beneath a historic church.
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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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Pelicans of St James's Park
Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.
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The Mayflower Pub
The London pub overlooks where the Mayflower was moored before setting sail for the New World.
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The Ten Bells Pub
Mary Kelly was last seen here before she was murdered by Jack the Ripper.
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Finch and Co Antiques
English antique dealers with a taste for the unusual.
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Earl's Court Police Box
The Metropolitan Police refurbished the blue box (perhaps not coincidentally) the same year "Doctor Who" returned to TV screens.
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Chelsea Physic Garden
London's old-school healing garden.
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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.
