London, England
Earl's Court Police Box
The Metropolitan Police refurbished the blue box (perhaps not coincidentally) the same year "Doctor Who" returned to TV screens.
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Places on this traveler's wishlist.
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Royal London Hospital Museum
This small museum in a former church crypt contains artifacts of the Elephant Man, Jack the Ripper and Florence Nightingale.
London, England
Saint Bartholomew's Hospital Pathology Museum
A collection dedicated to the treatment of disease, held in London's oldest hospital.
London, England
The Monty Python Foot
The television series' iconic giant foot was borrowed from this classical painting.
London, England
Barbican Conservatory
This hidden green space is the city's second largest conservatory.
London, England
Gordon Museum of Pathology
One of the world's largest collections of pathological specimens.
London, England
Sir John Soane's Museum
A cluttered and astounding collection of antiquities and curiosities.
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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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The Clink Prison Museum
An incarceration museum on the spot of possibly the oldest prison in England.
London, England
Hunterian Museum
The anatomical-pathological collection of a man who changed surgery.
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Lullaby Factory
Wedged between two buildings at the Great Ormond Street Hospital is this secret music installation.
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Temple of Mithras
Rebuilt remains of a temple to Roman god Mithras.
London, England
Seven Noses of Soho
Several plaster noses are hidden in plain sight around London's Soho neighborhood.
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Hoxton Street Monster Supplies
A special shop catering to the needs of things that go bump in the night, and also helps kids become writers.
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Traffic Light Tree
A student driver's nightmare.
London, England
The London Dungeon
One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.
London, England
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.
London, England
Novelty Automation
A tongue-in-cheek arcade where the games are based on everyday life.
London, England
The Churchill War Rooms
The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.
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.
London, England
Goodwin's Court
An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.
London, England
Magic Circle Museum
This collection of illusory paraphernalia has been culled from the history of London's premier magician's club.
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The Ruins of St. Dunstan-in-the-East
One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.
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Washington, D.C.
Yenching Palace
The iconic D.C. restaurant where the Cuban Missile Crisis was negotiated, now a Walgreens.
