London, England
London Scottish House
This unassuming brick building contains the last purpose-built drill hall in the United Kingdom.
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London, England
This unassuming brick building contains the last purpose-built drill hall in the United Kingdom.
London, England
As seen in the Spice Girls ‘Wannabe’ music video.
London, England
Once part of a magnificent Tudor palace, this wine cellar is a time capsule underneath the Ministry of Defence.
London, England
One of London's lost rivers runs through a pipe over the tracks of this subway station.
London, England
A building claimed to be London’s smallest house has an obscure history.
London, England
This sculpture of a pylon is upside down and askew, as if its main purpose is to confuse passersby.
London, England
This unusually-named reservoir found a second life as a nature preserve.
London, England
Named for the Yoruba word for Lagos, this craft brewery draws on European beer-making and West African palm wine-fermenting techniques.
London, England
This artificial lake surrounded by Brutalist architecture served as a stand-in for futuristic Britain in Stanley Kubrick's 'A Clockwork Orange.'
London, England
A masterpiece of Art Deco architecture hidden in plain sight in West London.
London, England
Once designed as the entrance to Buckingham Palace, this structure was later relocated and stands as a victory arch.
London, England
This hydraulic power system in London was, at one time, seen as a rival to electricity and the last of its kind to shut down.
London, England
A secluded green oasis amidst the towering skyscrapers, bears an unusual moniker that reflects one of the city's oldest guilds.
London, England
Winding paths and ramshackle mausoleums in the oldest "park cemetery" in London.
London, England
A wonderfully preserved example of London's 1960s-style high-density, low-rise public housing.
London, England
This iconic high-rise residential block was one of the last to be built in the Brutalist style.
London, England
Designed by the architect who also had a hand in crafting the Westminster Abbey and Bristol Cathedral.
London, England
The Egyptian-inspired last resting place of Lord Kilmorey.
London, England
Tucked away behind the mansions of Mayfair, this picturesque garden is a hidden London treasure with a spooky past.
London, England
This peeling mural of Adam and Eve was inspired by the greenhouses at Kew Gardens.
London, England
This former medical factory gives home to cutting edge arts in the shadow of a gas works.
London, England
Residential building on the Regents Canal is a breeding ground for creativity and innovation.
London, England
An exercise in radical design and social living that became the epicenter of Soviet spy networks in London.
London, England
A gallery specifically dedicated to the botanical illustrations of a remarkable traveling lady.