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The Blind Beggar
This East End pub gained notoriety as the site where gangster Ronnie Kray publicly shot a rival.
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London, England
10 Adam Street
England's most famous front door has an accidental doppelganger.
London, England
Angela Flanders Perfumer
A boutique perfumery fashioned to look like a Victorian-era shop.
London, England
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Vectors of Disease Frieze
The Art Deco artwork depicts gilded carriers of deadly illnesses.
London, England
Smith Square World War II Ghost Sign
A faded reminder of what was once a common sight in London during the Blitz.
London, England
Brixton Windmill
A fully functional, 200-year-old remnant of the time when Brixton was mostly fields.
London, England
London Transport Museum
Its collection includes a broad array of social, geographic, graphic design, and political history.
London, England
The Lewis Chessmen
These mysterious Viking chess pieces spent centuries hidden on a remote Scottish island.
London, England
Water Dragons of Kew Gardens
These docile dragons are ideal inhabitants for the conservatory greenhouses.
London, England
'A Conversation With Oscar Wilde'
An unusual ode to the late Irish playwright, complete with a squiggly bust and coffin-shaped bench.
London, England
Whitefriars Crypt
Buried for centuries, this hidden cellar is all that remains of London's medieval Whitefriars Monastery.
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Rules
Classic game cookery takes center stage at what's widely considered London's oldest restaurant.
London, England
Monument to the Great Fire of London
The commemorative stone column conceals a secret laboratory.
London, England
London's Stretcher Railings
The fences outside some of South London's estates are made from recycled World War II stretchers.
London, England
The Golden Boy at Pye Corner
A portly statue of a golden boy commemorates an unusual cause of the Great Fire of London: the sin of gluttony.
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Tower Bridge Chimney
An architectural oddity hides in plain sight on this iconic London bridge.
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Nomadic Community Gardens
This secret garden has bloomed into London's most unique hub of urban creativity.
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The Soho Square Hut
The Tudor-style cottage in the middle of the square is not quite what it seems.
London, England
Horniman Aquarium
A wonderfully eclectic Victorian aquarium lies in the basement of the Horniman Museum.
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Ragged School Museum
A Victorian school for poverty stricken waifs has been preserved as a museum to their donated education.
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Urine Deflectors of Fleet Street
One of the few remaining examples of 19th-century London’s attempt to clean up its reputation.
London, England
Coade Stone Caryatids
A measuring mishap led to these artificial stone ladies losing their stomachs.
London, England
Dick Whittington’s Cat
A monument to the thrice mayor of London who according to lore made his fortune by selling his rat-chasing cat.
London, England
Cabmen’s Shelter in Russell Square
Originally built for London’s cab drivers, this bright green hut now serves anyone a hot drink or meal.
