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London, England

Anaesthesia Heritage Centre

This knockout museum lies in a sleepy corner of London.
London, England

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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Audley Square Spy Lamp Post

This overlooked street light once served as a KGB dead letter box.
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Cabaret Mechanical Theatre

Traveling collection of amazing automata.
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The Buried Remains of Little Compton Street

The signs of a long buried road can still be found hidden beneath a London sewer grate.
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Hungerford Footbridge Skateboard Graveyard

The broken skateboards that became a poignant memorial to a murdered skater.
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Novelty Automation

A tongue-in-cheek arcade where the games are based on everyday life.
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Temple Church

An unusual round church in London with a Templar past.
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Down Street Underground Station

The secret wartime bunker built on the platforms of an abandoned Tube station.
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Twinings Tea Shop

A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.
London, England

Pollock's Toy Museum

A toy store with a century-long history preserves the craftsmanship of playthings of the past.
London, England

The London Dungeon

One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.
London, England

The Wildgoose Memorial Library

A mysterious artist-run cabinet of curiosities and library.
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Kennel Club Library

The canine-themed book collection claims to be Europe's largest dog library.
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The Old Curiosity Shop

The quaint little store that is said to have inspired a famous Dickens novel was only given its name after the book was released.
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Camera Museum

This museum tucked below a charming cafe gives a brief snapshot of photographic history.
London, England

The Cartoon Museum

A collection of comics, graphic novels, animation and caricatures devoted to exploring this often overlooked art form.
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Lindow Man

A naturally mummified 2,000-year-old man.
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The Embassy of the Republic of Texas

An alleyway plaque is all that remains of the independent Texas' envoy that forgot to pay their rent for over a century.
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'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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The Mail Rail

Hidden beneath the streets of London is a secret subway that only carried mail.
London, England

The Churchill War Rooms

The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.
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Pelicans of St James's Park

Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.
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Metropolitan Police Coat Hook

Installed at a chaotic intersection, this gave London traffic cops a place to hang their heavy woolen coats.