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London, England

The Ancient House

One of London's oldest houses contains a mixture of both old and modern features.
London, England

Spitalfields Charnel House

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

Historic church where a number of Shakespeare's actors are buried.
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Old Shoreditch Station

Once a train station along the Great Eastern Railway this vibrant coffee shop and bar is where members of London’s creative class mingle.
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The Theatre

Two plaques commemorate the site of Shakespeare's first theatre.
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Whitechapel Fatberg Manhole Cover

It celebrates a very stinky task and salutes London's fatberg-vanquishing team.
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Great Ormond Street Hospital

Children's hospital in London that operates on royalties received from Peter Pan, which J.M. Barrie signed over in 1929.
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Viking Tombstone

This Viking gravestone carved in a rare runic style was dug up from a London churchyard.
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The Lost River Fleet

The largest of London's subterranean rivers and once a mad, bad center of London life.
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Brown Hart Gardens

It is still illegal to "quarrel" at this unlikely urban oasis built on top of an electrical substation.
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Captain Bligh's Grave

The breadfruit-adorned final resting place of the infamous Captain of the HMS Bounty.
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John Harrison's Marine Chronometers

The handiwork of a underdog clockmaker who solved an impossible problem for an Empire, and forever revolutionized seafaring.
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Barnet Physic Well

A mineral spring that became all the rage in 17th-century England.
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Silver Jubilee Crystal Crown

A discarded movie prop that was the original monolith for "2001: A Space Odyssey."
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Café in the Crypt

This coffee shop lies hidden beneath a historic church.
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The Troubadour

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

A building that survived WWII, possibly on the virtue of its name alone.
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Circus Space

The largest clown school in Britain offering accredited degrees.
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Memorial to the Women of World War II

The bronze uniforms commemorate the vital role of women during World War II.
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Urine Deflectors of Fleet Street

One of the few remaining examples of 19th-century London’s attempt to clean up its reputation.
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The Executioner's Ax

Tucked away in the Tower of London is the weapon once used to execute high-profile prisoners.
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World's Largest Potted Plant

The cedar tree in Highgate Cemetery earned its title by accident.
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Hyde Park Pet Cemetery

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

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