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This studio was home to David Bowie's first single, even if it did turn away the Beatles.

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

This medieval church tower has maintained its clockworks since the 16th century.

Down a pint of ale where the Bishop of Ely's servants slept in 1546.

A fully functional, 200-year-old remnant of the time when Brixton was mostly fields.

This pub has roots dating back to 1430 and serves as the setting for multiple Charles Dickens stories.

A recently restored Shoreditch landmark with ties to Jack the Ripper.

One of America's founding fathers lived in this London lodging between 1757 and 1775.

Only a few pieces remain of the structure that carried people and goods across the Thames for some 600 years.

Colorful murals by Jean Cocteau hide within this peaceful London sanctuary.

The last remaining example of the boatmen's perches that once dotted the south bank of the Thames.

This East End pub gained notoriety as the site where gangster Ronnie Kray publicly shot a rival.

This ancient Egyptian obelisk still bears the wounds of World War I.

The taxidermied remains of a once-great parrot.

At almost 1,000 years old, this is the oldest known door in all of Britain.

This unassuming alcove in London’s famous Tower Bridge once served to capture, store, and display dead bodies from the River Thames.

This pub boasts a curious history and may have inspired a Dickens character.

These ornate arches show how the course of the River Thames has changed.

This third-generation institution is one of the last in London that still cures its own salt beef for epic sandwiches.

A faded reminder of what was once a common sight in London during the Blitz.

A 1950s beatnik coffee house, turned 60s counterculture hotspot, turned modern music venue.

A tiny replica of the iconic London landmark hides on the side of the steel structure.

The fences outside some of South London's estates are made from recycled World War II stretchers.

An architectural oddity hides in plain sight on this iconic London bridge.