London, England
Wellcome Collection & Library
The curios of pharmacist and collector Henry Wellcome.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
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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Leadenhall Market
This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.
London, England
The Ruins of St. Dunstan-in-the-East
One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.
London, England
Jeremy Bentham's Auto-Icon
The remains of the great moral philosopher reside in a university in London.
London, England
Battersea Power Station
Pop culture has helped to keep this iconic British building from being destroyed.
London, England
The Navigators
Ship-sized kinetic sculptural fantasy.
London, England
The London Stone
This legendary stone is of unknown origin, and throughout history has been a literal touchstone for British leaders.
London, England
Postman's Park: Memorial to Heroic Self Sacrifice
A quiet memorial to those who died saving others in the heart of the City of London.
London, England
Great Ormond Street Hospital
Children's hospital in London that operates on royalties received from Peter Pan, which J.M. Barrie signed over in 1929.
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Temple of Mithras
Rebuilt remains of a temple to Roman god Mithras.
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The Golden Boy at Pye Corner
A portly statue of a golden boy commemorates an unusual cause of the Great Fire of London: the sin of gluttony.
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Replica of the Golden Hinde
This one has sailed five times as far as Sir Francis Drake's famous ship.
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Allies Sculpture
Bronze sculpture celebrating the relationship between Churchill and Roosevelt.
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Whispering Gallery at St Paul’s Cathedral
Hear the quietest sound from across the dome.
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The Cartoon Museum
A collection of comics, graphic novels, animation and caricatures devoted to exploring this often overlooked art form.
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Scenes from the Frost Fair
Murals of the wild parties once held on the frozen River Thames.
London, England
Sir John Soane's Museum
A cluttered and astounding collection of antiquities and curiosities.
London, England
Broad Street Cholera Pump
The John Snow Memorial marks the epicenter of London's 1854 cholera epidemic.
London, England
Monument to Hodge the Cat
Dictionary Johnson’s favorite feline.
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The Burlington Arcade Beadles
This luxury shopping lane has been protected by its own tiny police force for over a century.
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K2 Telephone Boxes
The wooden telephone box hidden away in London's Piccadilly was the original prototype of the iconic kiosk.
London, England
Twinings Tea Shop
A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.
London, England
Pelicans of St James's Park
Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.
