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A closed London rail station created to cart away the dead still bears the marks of attempts to make it less morbid.

The 2,000-year-old beam is tucked within the pedestrian entrance to the old London Bridge.

The ground on which Shakespeare’s initial playhouse once stood.

Murals of the wild parties once held on the frozen River Thames.

A historic house left in "dramatic still life."

Rebuilt remains of a temple to Roman god Mithras.

Preserved behind glass, the ruins of a medieval building used to store human remains.

Mary Kelly was last seen here before she was murdered by Jack the Ripper.

This unassuming building produced some of the world's most famous bells.

This legendary stone is of unknown origin, and throughout history has been a literal touchstone for British leaders.

This pub boasts a curious history and may have inspired a Dickens character.

The site of London’s first coffee house has been serving refreshments of one kind or another for 360 years.

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

A Roman spa buried deep beneath the City of London.

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

A mysterious suspended hand greets unsuspecting visitors at the Tower of London.

The ritual has been performed uninterrupted for nearly 700 years.

The barrel-made lookout from Shackleton's final ship is tucked away in the crypt of one of London's oldest churches.

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

Noirish green neon marks the location of one of the oldest private detective agencies in France.

A counter-culture bookstore like no other hides in plain sight in the streets of Paris.

The tradition of open-air secondhand and antiquarian bookselling in Paris dates back to the Renaissance.

Statue of death tucked in the University of Medicine courtyard.

The remaining relics of the patroness of Paris lie in a chapel under a striking double spiral staircase.