London, England
The Dove
A glorious pub known for a spiteful printing feud and its famous typeface lost—then found—at the bottom of the Thames.
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Places on this traveler's wishlist.
London, England
The Burlington Arcade Beadles
This luxury shopping lane has been protected by its own tiny police force for over a century.
London, England
St Bride's Church & Charnel House
This landmark church concealed a crypt packed with bones that was discovered thanks to the London Blitz.
London, England
Rules
Classic game cookery takes center stage at what's widely considered London's oldest restaurant.
London, England
The Lost River Fleet
The largest of London's subterranean rivers and once a mad, bad center of London life.
London, England
Crystal Palace Subway
A relic of Victorian grandeur hides beneath a busy South London road.
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St Olave Hart Street
A hidden treasure in London with a rich medieval history, and the resting place of many luminaries.
London, England
Public Standards of Length
19th-century scientists would make the pilgrimage here to verify the precision of their measuring sticks.
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The Ten Bells Pub
Mary Kelly was last seen here before she was murdered by Jack the Ripper.
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‘Out of Order’
A domino effect created with Britain’s iconic telephone boxes.
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London Necropolis Railway Station
A closed London rail station created to cart away the dead still bears the marks of attempts to make it less morbid.
London, England
Museum of Brands
Collection dedicated to brands, packaging and advertising.
London, England
Finch and Co Antiques
English antique dealers with a taste for the unusual.
London, England
London Wall
Scattered throughout London are ancient remnants of the city's former bounding wall.
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Billingsgate Roman House and Baths
A Roman spa buried deep beneath the City of London.
London, England
Algerian Coffee Stores
Since 1887, this old-school shop has stacked its shelves with extraordinary coffees and teas.
London, England
Philpot Lane Mice Sculpture
A mysterious pair of mice eating a piece of cheese is London's smallest public sculpture.
London, England
The Mayflower Pub
The London pub overlooks where the Mayflower was moored before setting sail for the New World.
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London's Lilliputian Police Station
London's smallest police station is barely the size of a phone booth.
London, England
Sir John Soane's Museum
A cluttered and astounding collection of antiquities and curiosities.
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Lullaby Factory
Wedged between two buildings at the Great Ormond Street Hospital is this secret music installation.
London, England
Old Operating Theatre Museum & Herb Garret
In this cobwebbed old operating theater, you can practically hear the screams of the unanesthetized patients.
London, England
London's Original and All-Inspiring Coffee House
The site of London’s first coffee house has been serving refreshments of one kind or another for 360 years.
London, England
The Clink Prison Museum
An incarceration museum on the spot of possibly the oldest prison in England.
