London, England
Speakers' Corner
London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.
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London, England
London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.
London, England
This striking statue brings a scene from the African savannah into central London.
London, England
Pop culture has helped to keep this iconic British building from being destroyed.
London, England
Black cat statues guard this temple-like Egyptian revival factory.
London, England
At the top of the hour, figures of the London department store's two co-founders emerge and bow to each other.
London, England
The curios of pharmacist and collector Henry Wellcome.
London, England
The only university zoological museum in London houses extinct animals, bizarre natural history specimens, and a Micrarium of microscopic creatures.
London, England
The Tudor-style cottage in the middle of the square is not quite what it seems.
London, England
Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.
London, England
Originally built for London’s cab drivers, this bright green hut now serves anyone a hot drink or meal.
London, England
Originally meant to hold a statue of King William IV, this support sat empty for years. Today, it hosts a rotating cast of public artwork.
London, England
A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.
London, England
London's smallest police station is barely the size of a phone booth.
London, England
Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.
London, England
The medieval woodcut-style artwork chronicles life in medieval London.
London, England
A labyrinth hides in plain sight at each of the city's 270 Tube stations.
London, England
Children's hospital in London that operates on royalties received from Peter Pan, which J.M. Barrie signed over in 1929.
London, England
Its collection includes a broad array of social, geographic, graphic design, and political history.
London, England
An artistic tribute to the famous singer, just around the corner from where he was born.
London, England
"We gonna rock down to Electric Avenue, and then we'll take it higher..."
London, England
The anatomical-pathological collection of a man who changed surgery.
London, England
A closed London rail station created to cart away the dead still bears the marks of attempts to make it less morbid.
London, England
A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.
London, England
This massive collection of British military artifacts includes the heartbreaking personal letters of the men in the trenches of WWI.