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This pub boasts a curious history and may have inspired a Dickens character.

This unassuming alcove in London’s famous Tower Bridge once served to capture, store, and display dead bodies from the River Thames.

It's a mystery why these remains were found with no traces of their bodies in sight.

This educational institution and reference library specialize in the psychic arts and mediumship.

England's most famous front door has an accidental doppelganger.

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

London's only public statue of the much-married monarch adorns the gate to St Bartholomew’s Hospital.

The canine-themed book collection claims to be Europe's largest dog library.

The bridge is a secret gallery of discarded gum that has been transformed into miniature masterpieces.

These Victorian era devil sculptures were designed to spite a local vicar.

A portly statue of a golden boy commemorates an unusual cause of the Great Fire of London: the sin of gluttony.

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

This knockout museum lies in a sleepy corner of London.

Colorful murals by Jean Cocteau hide within this peaceful London sanctuary.

These wire animal sculptures commemorate the exotic inhabitants that once called the Tower of London home.

The Art Deco artwork depicts gilded carriers of deadly illnesses.

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

This macabre painting of a Shakespearean scene looks like something out of a nightmare.

The collection contains over 25,000 items and details the painful dental practices of the past.

This East End pub gained notoriety as the site where gangster Ronnie Kray publicly shot a rival.

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

The taxidermied remains of a once-great parrot.

A roadside shrine to a late rock god only remains thanks to the unyielding efforts of his fans.

A 1950s beatnik coffee house, turned 60s counterculture hotspot, turned modern music venue.