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St. Sepulchre's Execution Bell
On the eve of a condemned prisoner's death, this bell rang 12 times outside their cell.
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Wolf-God of Woodeaton
A gruesome and mysterious ancient sculpture of a pagan deity from the Roman occupation of Celtic Britain.
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Fitzroy House
This historic London residence was once the womb of Scientology.
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Aldwych Tube Station
This Underground station has been a popular filming location for decades, even before it closed.
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River Tyburn Conduit
A plaque marks the underground site of one of London's "lost rivers."
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St Augustine's Tower
This medieval church tower has maintained its clockworks since the 16th century.
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Dirac Equation
The "beautiful" equation predicting the movement of all electromagnetic particles is engraved in front of Newton's tomb.
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'The Ambassadors'
A mysterious shape catches the eye in this 16th-century painting.
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Memorial to Mahomet Weyonomon
A sculpture outside London's oldest cathedral honors the Mohegan chief who died while petitioning the king.
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Tomb Of Hannah Courtoy
According to legend, this tomb holds the secrets to time travel.
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The Coronation Stone
Legend has it that seven Anglo-Saxon kings were coronated on this stone, located in the appropriately-named town of Kingston.
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'An Allegory of Man'
This mysterious and unique painting is filled with symbolism.
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Marianne North Gallery at Kew Gardens
A gallery specifically dedicated to the botanical illustrations of a remarkable traveling lady.
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Cleopatra's Needle Shrapnel Scars
This ancient Egyptian obelisk still bears the wounds of World War I.
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London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Vectors of Disease Frieze
The Art Deco artwork depicts gilded carriers of deadly illnesses.
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Queen Caroline's Bath
The plunge pool is a surviving relic of a rowdy royal residence.
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Kirkaldy Testing Museum
A collection of machines designed to break things for science.
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The Ferryman's Seat
The last remaining example of the boatmen's perches that once dotted the south bank of the Thames.
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Polly at Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese
The taxidermied remains of a once-great parrot.
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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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Carting Lane Sewer Lamp
The pretty iron lamp is a reminder of the architecture underneath London's streets.
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Aldgate Pump
This pump on the bad side of Victorian London betrayed a horrifying revelation about the water supply.
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Monument to the Great Fire of London
The commemorative stone column conceals a secret laboratory.
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Water Dragons of Kew Gardens
These docile dragons are ideal inhabitants for the conservatory greenhouses.
