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The largest madrasa in Morocco once housed more than 900 students within its exquisite walls.

It took 40 years to build this Eden-like garden in Marrakech, later restored by Yves Saint-Laurent.

A marine aquarium with an astounding variety of fish hides in the basement beneath the famous Palm House.

Tucked inside a South Bank bar is an epic expressionist chronicle of the 20th century.

The famous polar explorer stands outside the Royal Geographical Society's headquarters.

The medieval woodcut-style artwork chronicles life in medieval London.

This bewitching Babylonian goddess haunts a hallway of the British Museum.

The final resting place of a German diplomat's beloved companion.

Since 1887, this old-school shop has stacked its shelves with extraordinary coffees and teas.

Some of the earliest leaders of the Moravian congregation are buried here.

This intriguing Bronze Age artifact spent centuries hidden within a Welsh faerie hill.

On the eve of a condemned prisoner's death, this bell rang 12 times outside their cell.

A series of carved figures that scandalized British society.

A wellspring of creativity in an already artsy East London neighborhood.

The bones of two medieval royal lions were discovered at the historic fortress.

A mysterious carving from 17th-century London seemingly depicts a young boy sitting on a bread basket.

A living memorial to the trees London lost during the Great Storm of 1987.

This peeling mural of Adam and Eve was inspired by the greenhouses at Kew Gardens.

A network of bells in the pubs and restaurants around Westminster alerts politicians when it's time to cast their votes.

The gigantic skull of a long-extinct species that once roamed the forests of England and Ireland.

Drink your espresso at a Victorian-era urinal in this underground-restroom-turned-coffee-bar.

Hidden in the courtyard of the Victoria and Albert Museum is a little-known tribute to two celebrity pooches.

The Art Deco artwork depicts gilded carriers of deadly illnesses.

It's a mystery why these remains were found with no traces of their bodies in sight.