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A minotaur, a labyrinth, and a dubious restoration pull in visitors from around the world.

A 2000-year-old Roman amphitheater lies just below Guildhall Yard.

A vast overgrown cemetery, once known as one of London's "Magnificent Seven."

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

This hidden 13th-century tavern room has a few Shakespearean connections.

Used as an example in one of the first dictionary entries for "museum" in 1706.

The beautiful non-repeating pattern honors the Oxford professor who discovered it.

It's possible to walk inside one of the largest Neolithic tombs in Britain.

The granddaddy of English geoglyphs dates back to the late Bronze Age.

The centuries-old obelisk may have inspired J. R. R. Tolkien.

The home of an eccentric Edwardian gentleman is packed to the rafters with handcrafted items collected over a lifetime.

The country home of world-famous designer, writer, and artist extraordinaire, William Morris.

Built for herding sheep, these tiny winding lanes with medieval origins and distinctive series of narrow turns are charming walkways for humans today.

This medieval sanctuary's tree-framed door looks like a portal to a mythical realm.

Deep in the countryside lie the remains of one of the grandest Roman dwellings in Britain.

The longest hedge maze in the world.

Wedged between two buildings at the Great Ormond Street Hospital is this secret music installation.

The final resting place to 300 Victorian-era pets hides inside the city park.

In this cobwebbed old operating theater, you can practically hear the screams of the unanesthetized patients.

The curios of pharmacist and collector Henry Wellcome.

The anatomical-pathological collection of a man who changed surgery.

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

A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.

Tucked away behind the mansions of Mayfair, this picturesque garden is a hidden London treasure with a spooky past.