London, England
The Embassy of the Republic of Texas
An alleyway plaque is all that remains of the independent Texas' envoy that forgot to pay their rent for over a century.
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Euston's Lost Tunnels
A network of concealed passageways lies within a busy London Underground station.
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Café in the Crypt
This coffee shop lies hidden beneath a historic church.
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Ruined Victorian Folly
Remnants of a Victorian garden feature sitting in public woodland.
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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.
London, England
The Clink Prison Museum
An incarceration museum on the spot of possibly the oldest prison in England.
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Kyoto Garden
A little slice of Japan and its aesthetics in London's Holland Park.
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Traffic Light Tree
A student driver's nightmare.
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Temple of Mithras
Rebuilt remains of a temple to Roman god Mithras.
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Grant Museum of Zoology
The only university zoological museum in London houses extinct animals, bizarre natural history specimens, and a Micrarium of microscopic creatures.
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The London Dungeon
One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.
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Seven Noses of Soho
Several plaster noses are hidden in plain sight around London's Soho neighborhood.
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The Old Curiosity Shop
The quaint little store that is said to have inspired a famous Dickens novel was only given its name after the book was released.
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The King's Cross Ice Well
A subterranean ice warehouse that has lain hidden beneath central London for over a century is now open to the public.
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The Mail Rail
Hidden beneath the streets of London is a secret subway that only carried mail.
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Word on the Water
This 1920s Dutch barge is now a floating bookstore.
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The Sherlock Holmes Pub and Museum
This London pub hides a peculiar secret: a recreation of the rooms shared at 221b Baker Street by Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.
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Banksy's 'Designated Graffiti Area'
Banksy gives themself artistic license with this piece of London street art.
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Kensal Green Cemetery and Catacombs
Winding paths and ramshackle mausoleums in the oldest "park cemetery" in London.
London, England
221b Baker Street
The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.
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The Churchill War Rooms
The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.
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.
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Twinings Tea Shop
A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.
London, England
God's Own Junkyard
A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.
