London, England
Kaspar the Savoy Cat
This black cat was actually designed to ward off bad luck.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
London, England
Polly at Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese
The taxidermied remains of a once-great parrot.
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Monument to Hodge the Cat
Dictionary Johnson’s favorite feline.
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Giants of St. Dunstan-in-the-West
A pair of club-wielding guardians stand watch over London's first public clock to feature a minute hand.
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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.
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Temple Bar Memorial Dragon
The fierce beast perches atop a pedestal marking where the historic City of London gates once stood.
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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.
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Aldwych Tube Station
This Underground station has been a popular filming location for decades, even before it closed.
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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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Sir John Soane's Museum
A cluttered and astounding collection of antiquities and curiosities.
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Novelty Automation
A tongue-in-cheek arcade where the games are based on everyday life.
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Great Ormond Street Hospital
Children's hospital in London that operates on royalties received from Peter Pan, which J.M. Barrie signed over in 1929.
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London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Vectors of Disease Frieze
The Art Deco artwork depicts gilded carriers of deadly illnesses.
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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.
London, England
Hoa Hakananai'a
The "lost friend” is the most famous of the six moai statues that were removed from Easter Island.
London, England
Shield of Parade
This magnificently macabre shield shows the power of chivalrous love in medieval times.
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The Lewis Chessmen
These mysterious Viking chess pieces spent centuries hidden on a remote Scottish island.
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Wolf-God of Woodeaton
A gruesome and mysterious ancient sculpture of a pagan deity from the Roman occupation of Celtic Britain.
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Lindow Man
A naturally mummified 2,000-year-old man.
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Mold Gold Cape
This intriguing Bronze Age artifact spent centuries hidden within a Welsh faerie hill.
London, England
Traffic Light Tree
A student driver's nightmare.
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Animals in War Memorial
A unique tribute to the millions of animals who served and died for the British military.
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Tyburn Tree Marker
Never actually a tree at all, this spot was the site of London's public hangings for nearly 600 years.
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Brown Hart Gardens
It is still illegal to "quarrel" at this unlikely urban oasis built on top of an electrical substation.
