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

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

At the top of the hour, figures of the London department store's two co-founders emerge and bow to each other.

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

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

The pretty iron lamp is a reminder of the architecture underneath London's streets.

Spitalfields' regal market goat is said to be a monument to the area's migrant population but most are pretty sure it's just a goat.

This London marker celebrates the spot where the world-famous English band was founded.

Installed at a chaotic intersection, this gave London traffic cops a place to hang their heavy woolen coats.

The ritual has been performed uninterrupted for nearly 700 years.

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

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

No one knows who created the statues or if they are arranged properly—let alone the artwork's real name.

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

The "lost friend” is the most famous of the six moai statues that were removed from Easter Island.

Bronze sculpture celebrating the relationship between Churchill and Roosevelt.

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

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

The first geometric self-supporting spiral stairs in Britain are a truly beautiful sight.

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

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

This 1920s Dutch barge is now a floating bookstore.

These beautiful objects represent beautiful ideas.

The bones of the Biblical Magi traveled to Constantinople and Milan before landing in their current home inside an elaborate golden reliquary in the Cologne Cathedral.