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This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.

A gift from Emperor Franz Joseph I to his wife.

This grand manse has been transformed into a museum devoted to one of the founders of Fantastic Realism.

Several colorful mosaic panels depict the life and creative genius of the Master of Suspense.

Two tombstones associated with the much-beloved children's story.

Built by George III to observe the transit of Venus, this Georgian gem is a unique survivor in the Arcadian landscape of Richmond upon Thames.

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.

One of America's founding fathers lived in this London lodging between 1757 and 1775.

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

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

This studio was home to David Bowie's first single, even if it did turn away the Beatles.

This Underground station has been a popular filming location for decades, even before it closed.

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

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

This peeling mural of Adam and Eve was inspired by the greenhouses at Kew Gardens.

This mysterious and unique painting is filled with symbolism.

A gallery specifically dedicated to the botanical illustrations of a remarkable traveling lady.

An exercise in radical design and social living that became the epicenter of Soviet spy networks in London.

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

A fully functional, 200-year-old remnant of the time when Brixton was mostly fields.

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

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

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

The pretty iron lamp is a reminder of the architecture underneath London's streets.