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A plaque hangs near the execution place of the Scottish Independence leader famously depicted in "Braveheart."

A sculpture outside London's oldest cathedral honors the Mohegan chief who died while petitioning the king.

It is still illegal to "quarrel" at this unlikely urban oasis built on top of an electrical substation.

Tucked away in the Tower of London is the weapon once used to execute high-profile prisoners.

These ornate arches show how the course of the River Thames has changed.

One of the few remaining examples of 19th-century London’s attempt to clean up its reputation.

Revel in the Victorian splendor of the world's oldest eating establishment inside a museum.

One of the greatest movie directors of all time lived and worked in this London flat from 1926 to 1939.

An architectural oddity hides in plain sight on this iconic London bridge.

A mysterious shape catches the eye in this 16th-century painting.

The next-door homes of two very different musicians, George Frideric Handel and Jimi Hendrix.

A tribute to all the green-thumbed workers who tend London’s public parks and gardens.

The commemorative stone column conceals a secret laboratory.

A portly statue of a golden boy commemorates an unusual cause of the Great Fire of London: the sin of gluttony.

A unique tribute to the millions of animals who served and died for the British military.

The London pub overlooks where the Mayflower was moored before setting sail for the New World.

Public access to clean drinking water was an instant hit among the masses.

Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.

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

Bronze sculpture celebrating the relationship between Churchill and Roosevelt.

The John Snow Memorial marks the epicenter of London's 1854 cholera epidemic.

A mysterious pair of mice eating a piece of cheese is London's smallest public sculpture.

Claiming to be the oldest hat store in the world, this historic haberdashery had a hand (and a head) in the creation of the Bowler.

London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.