London, England
The Lioness and the Lesser Kudu
This striking statue brings a scene from the African savannah into central London.
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London, England
This striking statue brings a scene from the African savannah into central London.
London, England
Legend says these colorful, invasive residents are the descendants of birds released by Jimi Hendrix.
London, England
A living memorial to the trees London lost during the Great Storm of 1987.
London, England
This beautiful deer park was built so King Charles I and his court could go hunting while escaping a deadly plague outbreak.
London, England
"We gonna rock down to Electric Avenue, and then we'll take it higher..."
London, England
An unusual ode to the late Irish playwright, complete with a squiggly bust and coffin-shaped bench.
London, England
A quiet, semi-secret square with statues of Mahatma Gandhi, Virginia Woolf, and a conscientious objectors stone.
London, England
It is still illegal to "quarrel" at this unlikely urban oasis built on top of an electrical substation.
London, England
The Tudor-style cottage in the middle of the square is not quite what it seems.
London, England
These ornate arches show how the course of the River Thames has changed.
London, England
A portly statue of a golden boy commemorates an unusual cause of the Great Fire of London: the sin of gluttony.
London, England
The "lost friend” is the most famous of the six moai statues that were removed from Easter Island.
London, England
The broken skateboards that became a poignant memorial to a murdered skater.
London, England
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.
London, England
A little slice of Japan and its aesthetics in London's Holland Park.
London, England
A plaque hangs near the execution place of the Scottish Independence leader famously depicted in "Braveheart."
London, England
Lovers proclaim their unbreakable bond by leaving their names on locks fastened onto the Shoreditch fence in East London.
London, England
Public access to clean drinking water was an instant hit among the masses.
London, England
The Columbia Road Flower Market is now open every Sunday, rain or shine.
London, England
A mysterious pair of mice eating a piece of cheese is London's smallest public sculpture.
London, England
The John Snow Memorial marks the epicenter of London's 1854 cholera epidemic.
London, England
London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.
London, England
This hidden green space is the city's second largest conservatory.
London, England
Following the trail of an old metro line, this scenic path is haunted by a creepy spriggan statue.