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London, England

Horizon Insects

London's first edible insect farm offers facility tours and cooking classes.
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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.
Fred Cherrygarden Added by Fred Cherrygarden
London, England

Cleopatra's Needle Shrapnel Scars

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

'Great Dangaroo Flood'

On a wall in linear London, a plaque hangs at the high water mark of one of the worst floods in fictional Kcymaerxthaereal times.
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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

Isokon Flats

An exercise in radical design and social living that became the epicenter of Soviet spy networks in London.
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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

The Royal Philatelic Collection

The British monarchy's stamp collection is one of the most impressive in all of Europe revealing generations of royal nerdery.
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London, England

The Blind Beggar

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

Quantum Cloud

Sculptor Antony Gormley used chaos theory and fractal growth to design his tallest creation.
Tony Dunnell Added by Tony Dunnell
London, England

Container City

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

Dinner by Heston Blumenthal

Historic cuisine meets fine dining in a hotel-restaurant overlooking Hyde Park.
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London, England

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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London, England

'Out of Order'

A domino effect created with Britain’s iconic telephone boxes.
Fred Cherrygarden Added by Fred Cherrygarden
London, England

S.O.E. Monument

A bronze bust commemorates the heroism of the secret agents who led covert operations against the Nazis.
Monsieur Mictlan Added by Monsieur Mictlan
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

Kirkaldy Testing Museum

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

British Optical Association Museum

The world's oldest optical museum is an odd collection where the exhibits look at you.
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London, England

The Great Bed of Ware

This intricately carved and hilariously huge bed was such a famous symbol both Shakespeare and Byron used it in their writing.
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London, England

Water Dragons of Kew Gardens

These docile dragons are ideal inhabitants for the conservatory greenhouses.
Monsieur Mictlan Added by Monsieur Mictlan
London, England

Clown Egg Register

An archive of ceramic eggs painted to record clowns' personal makeup designs.
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London, England

Vauxhall Bridge's Miniature St. Paul's Cathedral

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

York Water Gate

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