London, England
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A hidden treasure in London with a rich medieval history, and the resting place of many luminaries.
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London, England
A hidden treasure in London with a rich medieval history, and the resting place of many luminaries.
London, England
Remnants of cells from the most notorious London prison may lie in the basement of a rare Victorian Gin Palace.
London, England
A famous burial ground with a history both grim and literary.
London, England
Mary Kelly was last seen here before she was murdered by Jack the Ripper.
London, England
Eclectic final resting place of the controversial explorer.
London, England
A makeshift shrine to the late rock star is still kept up on the nondescript façade outside 1 Logan Place.
London, England
A Victorian park cemetery, standing on the site of what was once the Great North Wood.
London, England
Artists and musicians now rule over this former rail station.
London, England
A historic London pub with prison cells in the cellar and a "spy room" on the second floor.
London, England
This small museum in a former church crypt contains artifacts of the Elephant Man, Jack the Ripper and Florence Nightingale.
London, England
Following the trail of an old metro line, this scenic path is haunted by a creepy spriggan statue.
London, England
A closed London rail station created to cart away the dead still bears the marks of attempts to make it less morbid.
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A naturally mummified 2,000-year-old man.
London, England
One of the world's largest collections of pathological specimens.
London, England
The sixth of London's "Magnificent Seven" cemeteries, and a source of unlikely inspiration to Beatrix Potter.
London, England
A historic arboretum and non-conformist, non-denominational park cemetery.
London, England
The world's first underground farm is in a World War II bomb shelter beneath the streets of London.
London, England
This massive collection of British military artifacts includes the heartbreaking personal letters of the men in the trenches of WWI.
London, England
The John Snow Memorial marks the epicenter of London's 1854 cholera epidemic.
London, England
Scattered throughout London are ancient remnants of the city's former bounding wall.
London, England
"Purveyors of traditional sweets and vintage treats."
London, England
Catacombs turned marketplace.
London, England
A collection dedicated to the treatment of disease, held in London's oldest hospital.
London, England
The remains of Crystal Palace Great Exhibition of 1851.