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A fully functional, 200-year-old remnant of the time when Brixton was mostly fields.

Murals of the wild parties once held on the frozen River Thames.

These wire animal sculptures commemorate the exotic inhabitants that once called the Tower of London home.

Colorful murals by Jean Cocteau hide within this peaceful London sanctuary.

A bronze bust commemorates the heroism of the secret agents who led covert operations against the Nazis.

These mysterious Viking chess pieces spent centuries hidden on a remote Scottish island.

Shiny Brutalist box commemorates a pioneer of electricity and houses a railway transformer.

Buried for centuries, this hidden cellar is all that remains of London's medieval Whitefriars Monastery.

An unusual ode to the late Irish playwright, complete with a squiggly bust and coffin-shaped bench.

A Victorian school for poverty stricken waifs has been preserved as a museum to their donated education.

This marine reptile was discovered by one of the 19th century's greatest fossil hunters.

Historic cuisine meets fine dining in a hotel-restaurant overlooking Hyde Park.

A memorial to a dog that inspired rioting in the streets of London.

An eccentric 18th century naval officer built a ship's quarterdeck on his roof, the inspiration for Mary Poppins's "Admiral Boom."

The ritual has been performed uninterrupted for nearly 700 years.

The sculpture of the deceased cockatoo flops atop its personal plinth.

This Viking gravestone carved in a rare runic style was dug up from a London churchyard.

The watery entrance for condemned prisoners heading to the Tower of London is still visible along the Thames.

Lovers proclaim their unbreakable bond by leaving their names on locks fastened onto the Shoreditch fence in East London.

There's an exclusive Beefeaters pub hidden in the Tower of London.

Charles Babbage's proto-computer, painstakingly brought to life.

These morbid carvings remind churchgoers of the inevitability of death.

This luxury shopping lane has been protected by its own tiny police force for over a century.

19th-century scientists would make the pilgrimage here to verify the precision of their measuring sticks.