London, England
Whitechapel Bell Foundry
This unassuming building produced some of the world's most famous bells.
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London, England
This unassuming building produced some of the world's most famous bells.
London, England
Mary Kelly was last seen here before she was murdered by Jack the Ripper.
Lochgilphead, Scotland
This ruins of an abandoned Victorian-era mental health facility.
London, England
The ritual has been performed uninterrupted for nearly 700 years.
London, England
This black cat was actually designed to ward off bad luck.
London, England
The cedar tree in Highgate Cemetery earned its title by accident.
London, England
An unsanctioned shrine that sprung up outside the late singer's home is causing a stir in London's Highgate neighborhood.
London, England
London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.
London, England
A monument to the thrice mayor of London who according to lore made his fortune by selling his rat-chasing cat.
London, England
Several plaster noses are hidden in plain sight around London's Soho neighborhood.
Manchester, England
One of the trees in Manchester’s Piccadilly Gardens is actually a World War II memorial, and it's made of metal.
London, England
The ruins of a church destroyed by both the Great Fire of London and the Blitz, now turned into a peaceful garden.
London, England
A quiet memorial to those who died saving others in the heart of the City of London.
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
A mysterious carving from 17th-century London seemingly depicts a young boy sitting on a bread basket.
London, England
What might be the oldest living tree in London has survived fires, bombings, and estate agents.
London, England
Near the site where the English Archbishop was born, you can find an emblem in the shape of a pilgrim's badge.
London, England
London's amazing modernist public square that never was.
London, England
This statue of one of the engineers who created the London Underground hides a ventilation shaft for the tube lines that run under the street.
London, England
The last four extravagant street signs of London's historic banking street.
London, England
The site of London’s first coffee house has been serving refreshments of one kind or another for 360 years.
London, England
These Victorian era devil sculptures were designed to spite a local vicar.
London, England
This pump on the bad side of Victorian London betrayed a horrifying revelation about the water supply.
London, England
A hidden treasure in London with a rich medieval history, and the resting place of many luminaries.