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Parts of the civil rights movement unfolded in this historic eatery, helmed by the "Queen of Creole Cuisine."

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

A commemorative plaque at the door pays tribute to an "American Patriot" known for his betrayal.

One of the world’s leading and most extensive archives on the Holocaust, the Nazi era, and genocide, this collection includes published and unpublished works, press cuttings, photographs, and eyewitness testimony.

This medieval church tower has maintained its clockworks since the 16th century.

A small museum that celebrates the history and culture of the LGBTQ community in England.

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

London's first edible insect farm offers facility tours and cooking classes.

The gigantic skull of a long-extinct species that once roamed the forests of England and Ireland.

This ancient Egyptian obelisk still bears the wounds of World War I.

This bookstore serves recipes from the cookbooks on sale.

Putting the "mod" in "modular" since 2000.

The commemorative stone column conceals a secret laboratory.

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

A statue of the legendary Celtic warrior queen who fought the Roman invaders stands in one of the cities she once destroyed.

"We gonna rock down to Electric Avenue, and then we'll take it higher..."

Two plaques commemorate the site of Shakespeare's first theatre.

These official units of measurement—including chains and perches—lie hidden beneath tourists' feet in a popular London hub.

These morbid carvings remind churchgoers of the inevitability of death.

Where condemned pirates met their grisly end at the gallows on the River Thames.

The pioneer of psychoanalysis spent the final year of his life here, still seeing patients on that famous couch.

19th-century scientists would make the pilgrimage here to verify the precision of their measuring sticks.

A collection dedicated to the treatment of disease, held in London's oldest hospital.

Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.