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Anaesthesia Heritage Centre
This knockout museum lies in a sleepy corner of London.
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The London Library
More than a million titles fill the labyrinthine shelves of this prestigious private library.
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Britain’s Oldest Door
At almost 1,000 years old, this is the oldest known door in all of Britain.
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The Churchill War Rooms
The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.
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Giro the Dog's Grave
The final resting place of a German diplomat's beloved companion.
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Charlton House
The grounds of this Jacobean estate contain one of the oldest mulberry trees in England.
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Captain Bligh's Grave
The breadfruit-adorned final resting place of the infamous Captain of the HMS Bounty.
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The Wildgoose Memorial Library
A mysterious artist-run cabinet of curiosities and library.
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The Duke of Wellington’s Mounting Stone
Outside of one of Britain's most renowned social clubs, a step installed specifically for the Duke.
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Broad Street Cholera Pump
The John Snow Memorial marks the epicenter of London's 1854 cholera epidemic.
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The Champion
This 19th-century pub features stained-glass windows celebrating Victorian-era “champions.”
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Fitzrovia Chapel
Designed by the architect who also had a hand in crafting the Westminster Abbey and Bristol Cathedral.
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Fitzroy House
This historic London residence was once the womb of Scientology.
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Seven Noses of Soho
Several plaster noses are hidden in plain sight around London's Soho neighborhood.
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YMCA Indian Student Hostel
It’s fun to stay at the YMCA… but at this London outpost, it’s even more fun to eat the Bombay aloo.
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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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Trafalgar Square Imperial Measurements
These official units of measurement—including chains and perches—lie hidden beneath tourists' feet in a popular London hub.
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London's Lilliputian Police Station
London's smallest police station is barely the size of a phone booth.
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Café in the Crypt
This coffee shop lies hidden beneath a historic church.
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British Optical Association Museum
The world's oldest optical museum is an odd collection where the exhibits look at you.
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Benjamin Franklin House
One of America's founding fathers lived in this London lodging between 1757 and 1775.
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Cecil Court
A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.
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Goodwin's Court
An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.
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The London Dungeon
One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.
