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New York, New York

Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space

A living archive of urban activism and space reclaimed.
New York, New York

Sidewalk Subway Map

Plot your trip through the city on the sidewalk.
Oliver Hong Added by Oliver Hong
New York, New York

Kenka

Make a tough dinner decision: Octopus wasabi roulette or bull penis?
Oliver Hong Added by Oliver Hong
New York, New York

Roosevelt Island Smallpox Hospital Ruins

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.
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New York, New York

Physical Graffiti Building

The East Village tenement from the cover of Led Zeppelin’s 1975 album has a tea shop on the ground floor.
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Uxbridge, England

Battle Of Britain Bunker

Visit the WWII bunker where the British won the battle for the skies.
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Downe, England

Down House

The Origin of On the Origin of Species.
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London, England

Crossness Pumping Station

This beautiful Victorian ironwork masterpiece was built to keep London from smelling like poop.
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East Molesey, England

Hampton Court Maze

England's oldest surviving hedge maze has been confusing visitors for over 300 years.
Added by renakaba
London, England

God's Own Junkyard

A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.
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London, England

Ruins of the Crystal Palace

The remains of Crystal Palace Great Exhibition of 1851.
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London, England

Crystal Palace Subway

A relic of Victorian grandeur hides beneath a busy South London road.
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London, England

Container City

Putting the "mod" in "modular" since 2000.
Mira Added by Mira
London, England

Public Standards of Length

19th-century scientists would make the pilgrimage here to verify the precision of their measuring sticks.
Elliot Carter Added by Elliot Carter
London, England

The Cathedral of Sewage

This elaborate Byzantine-style building was designed for a not-so-pretty purpose.
Rachel Added by Rachel
London, England

Ruined Victorian Folly

Remnants of a Victorian garden feature sitting in public woodland.
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London, England

Isokon Flats

An exercise in radical design and social living that became the epicenter of Soviet spy networks in London.
Added by duncanchappell
London, England

Suck and Chew

"Purveyors of traditional sweets and vintage treats."
Added by michelleferlito
London, England

Masonic Lodge of the Andaz Hotel

Hidden behind a wall for decades, this masonic lodge was only rediscovered during renovations.
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London, England

Barbican Conservatory

This hidden green space is the city's second largest conservatory.
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London, England

Monument to the Great Fire of London

The commemorative stone column conceals a secret laboratory.
Juliejoolz Added by Juliejoolz
London, England

Old Operating Theatre Museum & Herb Garret

In this cobwebbed old operating theater, you can practically hear the screams of the unanesthetized patients.
Added by mbison
London, England

Kirkaldy Testing Museum

A collection of machines designed to break things for science.
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London, England

Anaesthesia Heritage Centre

This knockout museum lies in a sleepy corner of London.
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