London, England
The Royal Philatelic Collection
The British monarchy's stamp collection is one of the most impressive in all of Europe revealing generations of royal nerdery.
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London, England
The British monarchy's stamp collection is one of the most impressive in all of Europe revealing generations of royal nerdery.
London, England
An unassuming London park is actually a pilgrimage site for modern clowns.
London, England
The world’s largest magazine collection was born from a single shelf in a teen’s bedroom.
London, England
A gruesome and mysterious ancient sculpture of a pagan deity from the Roman occupation of Celtic Britain.
London, England
This historic London residence was once the womb of Scientology.
London, England
At the top of the hour, figures of the London department store's two co-founders emerge and bow to each other.
London, England
A relic from one of London's worst 19th-century slums.
London, England
Graffiti from the 16th and 17th centuries cover the walls of this part of the Tower of London.
London, England
This life-size monument honors the legacy of a famous literary feline.
London, England
A museum that chronicles the interesting and often dark history of the London docklands, once one of the major trading ports of the world.
London, England
This third-generation institution is one of the last in London that still cures its own salt beef for epic sandwiches.
London, England
Though it's not the largest, this one-kilometer outdoor market is reportedly the longest in Europe.
London, England
A plaque marks the underground site of one of London's "lost rivers."
London, England
This studio was home to David Bowie's first single, even if it did turn away the Beatles.
London, England
Above an abandoned Underground station, this charming bookstore is home to strange antiquities and literary works.
London, England
A boutique perfumery fashioned to look like a Victorian-era shop.
London, England
The pockmarks across the building's facade are remnants of the Blitz.
London, England
The ruins of a church destroyed by both the Great Fire of London and the Blitz, now turned into a peaceful garden.
London, England
This Underground station has been a popular filming location for decades, even before it closed.
London, England
This medieval church tower has maintained its clockworks since the 16th century.
London, England
The "beautiful" equation predicting the movement of all electromagnetic particles is engraved in front of Newton's tomb.
London, England
Children's hospital in London that operates on royalties received from Peter Pan, which J.M. Barrie signed over in 1929.
London, England
A sculpture outside London's oldest cathedral honors the Mohegan chief who died while petitioning the king.
London, England
A mysterious shape catches the eye in this 16th-century painting.