London, England
Clock of the Long Now: Prototype 1
A clock designed to run with perfect accuracy for 10,000 years.
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Monument to Hodge the Cat
Dictionary Johnson’s favorite feline.
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The London Stone
This legendary stone is of unknown origin, and throughout history has been a literal touchstone for British leaders.
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London Necropolis Railway Station
A closed London rail station created to cart away the dead still bears the marks of attempts to make it less morbid.
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The Morpeth Arms
A historic London pub with prison cells in the cellar and a "spy room" on the second floor.
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Brompton Cemetery
The sixth of London's "Magnificent Seven" cemeteries, and a source of unlikely inspiration to Beatrix Potter.
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The Imperial War Museum London
This massive collection of British military artifacts includes the heartbreaking personal letters of the men in the trenches of WWI.
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Darwin Centre Spirit Collection
Repository for more than 22 million pickled specimens.
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Masonic Lodge of the Andaz Hotel
Hidden behind a wall for decades, this masonic lodge was only rediscovered during renovations.
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The House of Dreams Museum
This wildly-tiled artist's palace is a living and growing account of the creator's life, loves, and labors.
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London Wall
Scattered throughout London are ancient remnants of the city's former bounding wall.
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The Clink Prison Museum
An incarceration museum on the spot of possibly the oldest prison in England.
Permanently Closed
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Pollock's Toy Museum
A toy store with a century-long history preserves the craftsmanship of playthings of the past.
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Horniman Museum and Gardens
A Victorian natural history and ethnographic museum with wonderful turn-of-the-century, science-book-esque evolution displays.
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Saint Bartholomew's Hospital Pathology Museum
A collection dedicated to the treatment of disease, held in London's oldest hospital.
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Ruins of the Crystal Palace
The remains of Crystal Palace Great Exhibition of 1851.
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Guildhall's Underground Roman Amphitheater
A 2000-year-old Roman amphitheater lies just below Guildhall Yard.
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Stables Market
Catacombs turned marketplace.
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Goodwin's Court
An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.
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Sir John Soane's Museum
A cluttered and astounding collection of antiquities and curiosities.
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The Wildgoose Memorial Library
A mysterious artist-run cabinet of curiosities and library.
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London's Lilliputian Police Station
London's smallest police station is barely the size of a phone booth.
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London's Original and All-Inspiring Coffee House
The site of London’s first coffee house has been serving refreshments of one kind or another for 360 years.
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Seven Noses of Soho
Several plaster noses are hidden in plain sight around London's Soho neighborhood.
