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London, England
The Golden Boy at Pye Corner
A portly statue of a golden boy commemorates an unusual cause of the Great Fire of London: the sin of gluttony.
51.5172, -0.1015
London, England
Postman's Park: Memorial to Heroic Self Sacrifice
A quiet memorial to those who died saving others in the heart of the City of London.
51.5168, -0.0977
London, England
The Ten Bells Pub
Mary Kelly was last seen here before she was murdered by Jack the Ripper.
51.5194, -0.0743
England
Dennis Severs' House
A historic house left in "dramatic still life."
51.5209, -0.0777
London, England
Get Stuffed
Taxidermied animals galore, by appointment only.
51.5387, -0.0989
London, England
Tea Building
A building that survived WWII, possibly on the virtue of its name alone.
51.5241, -0.0762
London, England
St. Leonard Church of Shoreditch
Historic church where a number of Shakespeare's actors are buried.
51.5262, -0.0780
London, England
Weaver's Field
This lush area was the site of extensive enemy bombing during WWII.
51.5251, -0.0627
London, England
Museum of the Home
Explore nearly 400 years of English middle-class home life.
51.5316, -0.0763
London, England
Columbia Road Shops and Flower Market
The Columbia Road Flower Market is now open every Sunday, rain or shine.
51.5294, -0.0694
London, England
Hackney City Farm
A flourishing garden with pigs, donkeys, goats, rabbits, guinea pigs, chickens, ducks, and sheep.
51.5320, -0.0660
London, England
V&A Museum of Childhood
A museum wholly devoted to juvenescence.
51.5291, -0.0549
London, England
Town Hall Hotel
You will not be able to miss this building.
51.5306, -0.0545
London, England
St Augustine's Tower
This medieval church tower has maintained its clockworks since the 16th century.
51.5479, -0.0546
London, England
The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities, Fine Art & Natural History
This shop and gallery is a modern-day cabinet of curiosities, unassumingly positioned along an urban thoroughfare.
51.5346, -0.0575
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