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

An archive of ceramic eggs painted to record clowns' personal makeup designs.

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

A musical composition 1000 years in length plays at the Trinity Buoy Wharf in London.

The monster at the center of the Darwin Center Spirit Collection.

Drink your espresso at a Victorian-era urinal in this underground-restroom-turned-coffee-bar.

19th-century scientists would make the pilgrimage here to verify the precision of their measuring sticks.

Artists and musicians now rule over this former rail station.

A Roman spa buried deep beneath the City of London.

The curios of pharmacist and collector Henry Wellcome.

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

A forgotten underground railway once whooshed trams beneath London.

Run by the same people as a subterranean art space, this pub does double-duty as a Cave of Wonders.

The quaint little store that is said to have inspired a famous Dickens novel was only given its name after the book was released.

This third-generation institution is one of the last in London that still cures its own salt beef for epic sandwiches.

The lab where the scientist made his groundbreaking discoveries is preserved on the basement floor of the Faraday Museum.

Victorian-era Londoners really wanted to believe this 17th-century cistern was actually an ancient artifact.

A storied London perfume shop that supplies scents for royalty has been operating out of this storefront for nearly 300 years.

The world's longest continuously running show has played at this small West End theater since 1974.

Classic game cookery takes center stage at what's widely considered London's oldest restaurant.

A mysterious shape catches the eye in this 16th-century painting.

London's smallest police station is barely the size of a phone booth.

Dedicated to the history and culture of smoking, this small museum now includes a vape lounge.

Celebrating the history of Hangul, the Korean writing system invented by King Sejong to improve his realm’s literacy.