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

The sculpture of the deceased cockatoo flops atop its personal plinth.

William Blake claimed to have painted this gothic masterpiece after encountering this nightmarish being in a vision.

One of the greatest movie directors of all time lived and worked in this London flat from 1926 to 1939.

This Viking gravestone carved in a rare runic style was dug up from a London churchyard.

Tucked away in the Tower of London is the weapon once used to execute high-profile prisoners.

A museum wholly devoted to juvenescence.

Tombstones and enigmatic inscriptions hide within a vault beneath a popular London arts venue.

The watery entrance for condemned prisoners heading to the Tower of London is still visible along the Thames.

A plaque hangs near the execution place of the Scottish Independence leader famously depicted in "Braveheart."

There's an exclusive Beefeaters pub hidden in the Tower of London.

More than a million titles fill the labyrinthine shelves of this prestigious private library.

A famous burial ground with a history both grim and literary.

Two plaques commemorate the site of Shakespeare's first theatre.

Never actually a tree at all, this spot was the site of London's public hangings for nearly 600 years.

Richard III supposedly disposed of his nephews' bodies here in an effort to seal his claim to the throne.

This overlooked street light once served as a KGB dead letter box.

Eclectic final resting place of the controversial explorer.

The childhood home of Earth's alien chameleon is a humble Brixton flat.

These morbid carvings remind churchgoers of the inevitability of death.

A glorious pub known for a spiteful printing feud and its famous typeface lost—then found—at the bottom of the Thames.

Where condemned pirates met their grisly end at the gallows on the River Thames.

A domino effect created with Britain’s iconic telephone boxes.

Following the trail of an old metro line, this scenic path is haunted by a creepy spriggan statue.