London, England
Mount Street Gardens
Tucked away behind the mansions of Mayfair, this picturesque garden is a hidden London treasure with a spooky past.
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London, England
Tucked away behind the mansions of Mayfair, this picturesque garden is a hidden London treasure with a spooky past.
London, England
A series of carved figures that scandalized British society.
London, England
The bones of two medieval royal lions were discovered at the historic fortress.
London, England
A gruesome and mysterious ancient sculpture of a pagan deity from the Roman occupation of Celtic Britain.
London, England
Hidden in the courtyard of the Victoria and Albert Museum is a little-known tribute to two celebrity pooches.
London, England
An unassuming London park is actually a pilgrimage site for modern clowns.
London, England
Graffiti from the 16th and 17th centuries cover the walls of this part of the Tower of London.
London, England
This life-size monument honors the legacy of a famous literary feline.
London, England
This Underground station has been a popular filming location for decades, even before it closed.
London, England
Though it's not the largest, this one-kilometer outdoor market is reportedly the longest in Europe.
London, England
The pockmarks across the building's facade are remnants of the Blitz.
London, England
At the top of the hour, figures of the London department store's two co-founders emerge and bow to each other.
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The handiwork of a underdog clockmaker who solved an impossible problem for an Empire, and forever revolutionized seafaring.
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A mysterious shape catches the eye in this 16th-century painting.
London, England
This mysterious and unique painting is filled with symbolism.
London, England
Legend says these colorful, invasive residents are the descendants of birds released by Jimi Hendrix.
London, England
It's a mystery why these remains were found with no traces of their bodies in sight.
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A fully functional, 200-year-old remnant of the time when Brixton was mostly fields.
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A recently restored Shoreditch landmark with ties to Jack the Ripper.
London, England
This bewitching Babylonian goddess haunts a hallway of the British Museum.
London, England
This intricately carved and hilariously huge bed was such a famous symbol both Shakespeare and Byron used it in their writing.
London, England
The gigantic skull of a long-extinct species that once roamed the forests of England and Ireland.
London, England
The bridge is a secret gallery of discarded gum that has been transformed into miniature masterpieces.
London, England
This unassuming alcove in London’s famous Tower Bridge once served to capture, store, and display dead bodies from the River Thames.