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The plunge pool is a surviving relic of a rowdy royal residence.

This East End pub gained notoriety as the site where gangster Ronnie Kray publicly shot a rival.

According to legend, this tomb holds the secrets to time travel.

A roadside shrine to a late rock god only remains thanks to the unyielding efforts of his fans.

Where Aleister Crowley attempted to seize the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn in a mask and a kilt.

These Victorian era devil sculptures were designed to spite a local vicar.

The taxidermied remains of a once-great parrot.

A collection of machines designed to break things for science.

An unusual ode to the late Irish playwright, complete with a squiggly bust and coffin-shaped bench.

A historic hill of tall tales, with one rather special tree.

Taxidermied animals galore, by appointment only.

An archive of ceramic eggs painted to record clowns' personal makeup designs.

This beautiful deer park was built so King Charles I and his court could go hunting while escaping a deadly plague outbreak.

This open-air mosaic gallery honoring an English artist took hundreds of volunteers more than seven years to create.

A 1950s beatnik coffee house, turned 60s counterculture hotspot, turned modern music venue.

Spitalfields' regal market goat is said to be a monument to the area's migrant population but most are pretty sure it's just a goat.

A monument to the thrice mayor of London who according to lore made his fortune by selling his rat-chasing cat.

These docile dragons are ideal inhabitants for the conservatory greenhouses.

A tiny replica of the iconic London landmark hides on the side of the steel structure.

This historic building displays the remains of a victim of the devastating 14th-century plague.

The next-door homes of two very different musicians, George Frideric Handel and Jimi Hendrix.

The Florence Nightingale Museum is home to the famous nurse's most treasured possession: her beloved pet owl.

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

This ancient oak plays host to carvings of magical elves, gnomes, witches, and other creatures prominent in local folklore.