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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.
Monsieur Mictlan Added by Monsieur Mictlan
London, England

Coade Stone Caryatids

A measuring mishap led to these artificial stone ladies losing their stomachs.
AmunyAnkhesenra Added by AmunyAnkhesenra
London, England

Strand Lane 'Roman Baths'

Victorian-era Londoners really wanted to believe this 17th-century cistern was actually an ancient artifact.
AmunyAnkhesenra Added by AmunyAnkhesenra
London, England

The Aurochs Skull

The gigantic skull of a long-extinct species that once roamed the forests of England and Ireland.
Monsieur Mictlan Added by Monsieur Mictlan
London, England

Kirkaldy Testing Museum

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

Walbrook Skulls

It's a mystery why these remains were found with no traces of their bodies in sight.
Monsieur Mictlan Added by Monsieur Mictlan
London, England

Beckton Alp

This toxic spoil heap found a second life as a ski slope, popular film location, and wildlife haven.
mikegtn Added by mikegtn
London, England

The Charterhouse Black Death Skeleton

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

Bethnal Green Working Men's Club

Where's a guy to go after a long, hard day at work?
Added by Mordy
London, England

Tower Bridge Chimney

An architectural oddity hides in plain sight on this iconic London bridge.
AdOYo Added by AdOYo
London, England

Queen Caroline's Bath

The plunge pool is a surviving relic of a rowdy royal residence.
AmunyAnkhesenra Added by AmunyAnkhesenra
London, England

Weaver's Field

This lush area was the site of extensive enemy bombing during WWII.
Added by Mordy
London, England

The Chalk Room

A high-end clothing boutique with a curious basement art installation.
EricGrundhauser Added by EricGrundhauser
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

'Titania and Bottom'

This macabre painting of a Shakespearean scene looks like something out of a nightmare.
Monsieur Mictlan Added by Monsieur Mictlan
London, England

The Lewis Chessmen

These mysterious Viking chess pieces spent centuries hidden on a remote Scottish island.
Monsieur Mictlan Added by Monsieur Mictlan
London, England

Arnold Circus

A celebrated bandstand at the center of what was once the worst slum in London.
Leslie McIntyre Added by Leslie McIntyre
London, England

Hyman Archive

The world’s largest magazine collection was born from a single shelf in a teen’s bedroom.
Tony Dunnell Added by Tony Dunnell
London, England

Joseph Grimaldi Park

An unassuming London park is actually a pilgrimage site for modern clowns.
lexberko Added by lexberko
London, England

The Four Mother Goddesses

One of the figures in this Celtic sculpture continues to puzzle archaeologists.
Monsieur Mictlan Added by Monsieur Mictlan
London, England

Mansion House Square

London's amazing modernist public square that never was.
AaronNetsky Added by AaronNetsky
London, England

St Augustine's Tower

This medieval church tower has maintained its clockworks since the 16th century.
Added by mongoosenamedt
London, England

Museum of Methodism

This religious museum resides in a church crypt next to the founder's house.
EricGrundhauser Added by EricGrundhauser
London, England

A Geological Map of England and Wales and Part of Scotland

William Smith's iconic "map that changed the world" is hidden behind a curtain in the Geological Society building.
Added by ribo522