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Tucked away in the Tower of London is the weapon once used to execute high-profile prisoners.

The "lost friend” is the most famous of the six moai statues that were removed from Easter Island.

These official units of measurement—including chains and perches—lie hidden beneath tourists' feet in a popular London hub.

This long-hidden space above Westminster Abbey now displays the battle gear of the legendary King Henry V.

An small and easily overlooked archaeology museum chock full of Egyptian artifacts.

The Metropolitan Police refurbished the blue box (perhaps not coincidentally) the same year "Doctor Who" returned to TV screens.

The remains of Crystal Palace Great Exhibition of 1851.

The London pub overlooks where the Mayflower was moored before setting sail for the New World.

London's smallest police station is barely the size of a phone booth.

An alleyway plaque is all that remains of the independent Texas' envoy that forgot to pay their rent for over a century.

After nearly 60 years, there's still a bear at Paddington Station looking for help.

The only university zoological museum in London houses extinct animals, bizarre natural history specimens, and a Micrarium of microscopic creatures.

A subterranean ice warehouse that has lain hidden beneath central London for over a century is now open to the public.

Hidden beneath the streets of London is a secret subway that only carried mail.

This London pub hides a peculiar secret: a recreation of the rooms shared at 221b Baker Street by Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.

The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.

The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

This collection of illusory paraphernalia has been culled from the history of London's premier magician's club.

This shop and gallery is a modern-day cabinet of curiosities, unassumingly positioned along an urban thoroughfare.

A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.

Former wax museum from the 1960s, home to many wax U.S. Presidents and the famous White House miniature.

This small island was the first National Wildlife Refuge ever created in the United States.