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London, England

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Vectors of Disease Frieze

The Art Deco artwork depicts gilded carriers of deadly illnesses.
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London, England

Hoa Hakananai'a

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

The Burney Relief

This bewitching Babylonian goddess haunts a hallway of the British Museum.
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London, England

Grant Museum of Zoology

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

Monument to Hodge the Cat

Dictionary Johnson’s favorite feline.
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London, England

Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology

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

Monument to the Great Fire of London

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

Novelty Automation

A tongue-in-cheek arcade where the games are based on everyday life.
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London, England

The Tower of London Menagerie

These wire animal sculptures commemorate the exotic inhabitants that once called the Tower of London home.
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London, England

Temple of Mithras

Rebuilt remains of a temple to Roman god Mithras.
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London, England

Philpot Lane Mice Sculpture

A mysterious pair of mice eating a piece of cheese is London's smallest public sculpture.
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London, England

Wellcome Collection & Library

The curios of pharmacist and collector Henry Wellcome.
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London, England

The Tower Ravens

Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.
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London, England

Magic Circle Museum

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

Signs of Old Lombard Street

The last four extravagant street signs of London's historic banking street.
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London, England

The Cornhill Devils

These Victorian era devil sculptures were designed to spite a local vicar.
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London, England

Viking Tombstone

This Viking gravestone carved in a rare runic style was dug up from a London churchyard.
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London, England

Genius Treasure Museum

This informal museum is a magical trove of anonymous art collected from car boots and flea markets.
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London, England

Black Cats of Carreras Cigarette Factory

Black cat statues guard this temple-like Egyptian revival factory.
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London, England

The Charterhouse Black Death Skeleton

This historic building displays the remains of a victim of the devastating 14th-century plague.
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London, England

The Museum of Everything (Moving Location)

London's largest outsider art museum.
London, England

London Underground Labyrinths

A labyrinth hides in plain sight at each of the city's 270 Tube stations.
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London, England

I Goat

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.
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London, England

Spitalfields Charnel House

Preserved behind glass, the ruins of a medieval building used to store human remains.
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