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The obelisk honors the cyclist troops who were killed during World War I.

An unsanctioned shrine that sprung up outside the late singer's home is causing a stir in London's Highgate neighborhood.

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

The cedar tree in Highgate Cemetery earned its title by accident.

Dictionary Johnson’s favorite feline.

A statue of the original Pearly King is hidden in a church's crypt.

Despite having a dome made of papier-mâché this tiny observatory has survived for over a century.

A giant wooden soda bottle pays homage to a distinctly British drink on the very spot where it was invented.

A tiny, heartwarming piece of art hiding in plain sight.

Fulham F.C. imploded once everyone excised its giant, hated tribute to the King of Pop.

The fake World Cup prize was secretly created after the first one was stolen in 1966.

Dating back almost 400 years, the oldest public collection library in the United Kingdom was once the study hall of Karl Marx.

Hidden on the urban banks of a Manchester river are a series of abandoned waterside industrial sites.

The remnants of a depressing public toilet are now a hub of ever evolving street art.

A 19th-century time capsule of travel, fiction, and historic texts still available to the public.

A Victorian Gothic masterpiece housing a world-class collection of rare books and manuscripts.

An abandoned canal route lies hidden under the streets of Manchester.

The world's first military tank was designed in this English city amid the stalemate of WWI trench warfare.

An abandoned 18th century manse looks like something out of an Indiana Jones movie.

Modern commuters still pass through this 2,000-year-old Roman archway.

A student driver's nightmare.

The 16th-century church was kept in its ruined state as a reminder of the casualties of World War I.

These crumbling Nazi artillery bunkers are now fair game for massive graffiti projects.

The former home of a trailblazing surrealist is still filled with haunting dolls and grim paintings.