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Carting Lane Sewer Lamp
The pretty iron lamp is a reminder of the architecture underneath London's streets.
Places Madeleine Wants to Go
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Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
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The Clockmakers' Museum
This museum inside a museum tells the story of London's timepieces.
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Richmond Park
This beautiful deer park was built so King Charles I and his court could go hunting while escaping a deadly plague outbreak.
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I Goat
Spitalfields' regal market goat is said to be a monument to the area's migrant population but most are pretty sure it's just a goat.
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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.
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York Water Gate
These ornate arches show how the course of the River Thames has changed.
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Chained Library at Chelsea Old Church
This small collection of rare books was uniquely locked up for safe keeping.
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William Blake Mosaics
This open-air mosaic gallery honoring an English artist took hundreds of volunteers more than seven years to create.
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Smith Square World War II Ghost Sign
A faded reminder of what was once a common sight in London during the Blitz.
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575 Wandsworth Road
What started as a way to address damp basement walls turned into a house filled with intricate hand-carved designs.
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Clown Egg Register
An archive of ceramic eggs painted to record clowns' personal makeup designs.
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Monument to the Great Fire of London
The commemorative stone column conceals a secret laboratory.
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Foundling Museum
Museum dedicated to the UK's first charity for abandoned children, with keepsakes of the mothers who left them behind.
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Water Dragons of Kew Gardens
These docile dragons are ideal inhabitants for the conservatory greenhouses.
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The Soho Square Hut
The Tudor-style cottage in the middle of the square is not quite what it seems.
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Vauxhall Bridge's Miniature St. Paul's Cathedral
A tiny replica of the iconic London landmark hides on the side of the steel structure.
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The Troubadour
A 1950s beatnik coffee house, turned 60s counterculture hotspot, turned modern music venue.
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Sir Ernest Shackleton's Crow's Nest
The barrel-made lookout from Shackleton's final ship is tucked away in the crypt of one of London's oldest churches.
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Handel & Hendrix in London
The next-door homes of two very different musicians, George Frideric Handel and Jimi Hendrix.
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London's Stretcher Railings
The fences outside some of South London's estates are made from recycled World War II stretchers.
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The Charterhouse Black Death Skeleton
This historic building displays the remains of a victim of the devastating 14th-century plague.
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Rubens Ceiling at the Banqueting House
The sumptuous ceiling was one of the last things Charles I saw before his execution.
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Hackney City Farm
A flourishing garden with pigs, donkeys, goats, rabbits, guinea pigs, chickens, ducks, and sheep.
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Dinner by Heston Blumenthal
Historic cuisine meets fine dining in a hotel-restaurant overlooking Hyde Park.
