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Following the trail of an old metro line, this scenic path is haunted by a creepy spriggan statue.

A legend says that if this elaborately decorated glass breaks, the good fortune of its owner's household will also disappear.

At almost 1,000 years old, this is the oldest known door in all of Britain.

This magnificently macabre shield shows the power of chivalrous love in medieval times.

A lasting remnant of the London Blitz.

The beloved beast's taxidermy remains sit in the Natural History Museum's cafe.

Only a few pieces remain of the structure that carried people and goods across the Thames for some 600 years.

A network of bells in the pubs and restaurants around Westminster alerts politicians when it's time to cast their votes.

A museum that chronicles the interesting and often dark history of the London docklands, once one of the major trading ports of the world.

A gruesome and mysterious ancient sculpture of a pagan deity from the Roman occupation of Celtic Britain.

The pockmarks across the building's facade are remnants of the Blitz.

Legend has it that seven Anglo-Saxon kings were coronated on this stone, located in the appropriately-named town of Kingston.

This unassuming alcove in London’s famous Tower Bridge once served to capture, store, and display dead bodies from the River Thames.

This may be the last of London's wooden pavements, which were once a common sight in the city.

This bewitching Babylonian goddess haunts a hallway of the British Museum.

These Victorian era devil sculptures were designed to spite a local vicar.

The plunge pool is a surviving relic of a rowdy royal residence.

These mysterious Viking chess pieces spent centuries hidden on a remote Scottish island.

Buried for centuries, this hidden cellar is all that remains of London's medieval Whitefriars Monastery.

The last remaining example of the boatmen's perches that once dotted the south bank of the Thames.

A faded reminder of what was once a common sight in London during the Blitz.

This marine reptile was discovered by one of the 19th century's greatest fossil hunters.

This historic building displays the remains of a victim of the devastating 14th-century plague.

This ancient oak plays host to carvings of magical elves, gnomes, witches, and other creatures prominent in local folklore.