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These docile dragons are ideal inhabitants for the conservatory greenhouses.

It is still illegal to "quarrel" at this unlikely urban oasis built on top of an electrical substation.

A quiet, semi-secret square with statues of Mahatma Gandhi, Virginia Woolf, and a conscientious objectors stone.

A unique tribute to the millions of animals who served and died for the British military.

The Tudor-style cottage in the middle of the square is not quite what it seems.

A monument to the thrice mayor of London who according to lore made his fortune by selling his rat-chasing cat.

A wonderfully eclectic Victorian aquarium lies in the basement of the Horniman Museum.

"We gonna rock down to Electric Avenue, and then we'll take it higher..."

The "lost friend” is the most famous of the six moai statues that were removed from Easter Island.

A memorial to a dog that inspired rioting in the streets of London.

A flourishing garden with pigs, donkeys, goats, rabbits, guinea pigs, chickens, ducks, and sheep.

The remains of an ancient Roman teenager are memorialized at the base of a modern London landmark.

The majority of the museum's large collection is held in a storage space open to the public a few times a year.

These morbid carvings remind churchgoers of the inevitability of death.

Art Deco and “Wrenaissance” mash-up, this recently restored royal residence has been home to kings and comes with secret monkey passages included.

The townhouse where the English poet created some of his most influential work has been preserved in tribute.

You'd never know the houses at 23-24 Leinster Gardens were fakes—until you see the train tracks on the other side.

This elaborate Byzantine-style building was designed for a not-so-pretty purpose.

Explore nearly 400 years of English middle-class home life.

A community of artists and entrepreneurs seeks a simpler life on London's waterways.

London's largest outsider art museum.

This home on a quiet suburban street is completely covered with vibrant mosaics.

The Columbia Road Flower Market is now open every Sunday, rain or shine.

Claiming to be the oldest hat store in the world, this historic haberdashery had a hand (and a head) in the creation of the Bowler.