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It is against the law to obstruct the view from the top of this English burial mound.

A mineral spring that became all the rage in 17th-century England.

Tucked away behind the mansions of Mayfair, this picturesque garden is a hidden London treasure with a spooky past.

A hidden path at the National Theatre lets you look behind the scenes of the latest productions.

The Great Fire of London and the regulation of one-way streets both started in this alley.

London's amazing modernist public square that never was.

A sculpture of a famous ape who was once a beloved household name in London.

This museum is dedicated solely to this millennia-old handheld cooling device.

At the top of the hour, figures of the London department store's two co-founders emerge and bow to each other.

William Smith's iconic "map that changed the world" is hidden behind a curtain in the Geological Society building.

On a wall in linear London, a plaque hangs at the high water mark of one of the worst floods in fictional Kcymaerxthaereal times.

This life-size monument honors the legacy of a famous literary feline.

This third-generation institution is one of the last in London that still cures its own salt beef for epic sandwiches.

The world’s largest magazine collection was born from a single shelf in a teen’s bedroom.

London's most popular recording studio, located in the capital's East End, runs partly on solar power and has played host to some of the world's biggest acts.

Hidden in the courtyard of the Victoria and Albert Museum is a little-known tribute to two celebrity pooches.

An unassuming London park is actually a pilgrimage site for modern clowns.

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

Though it's not the largest, this one-kilometer outdoor market is reportedly the longest in Europe.

The ruins of a church destroyed by both the Great Fire of London and the Blitz, now turned into a peaceful garden.

Above an abandoned Underground station, this charming bookstore is home to strange antiquities and literary works.

A stained-glass window from the 15th century offers a vision of the end of the world.

The remains of an ancient bathhouse sit inside this aptly-named pub.

One of the shortest streets in York has an especially odd name.