Things to see in London

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Cecil Court

A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.

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Traitors' Gate

The watery entrance for condemned prisoners heading to the Tower of London is still visible along the Thames.

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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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Highgate Cemetery

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

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Guildhall's Underground Roman Amphitheater

A 2000-year-old Roman amphitheater lies just below Guildhall Yard.

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Temple of Mithras

Rebuilt remains of a temple to Roman god Mithras.

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York Water Gate

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

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Rubens Ceiling at the Banqueting House

The sumptuous ceiling was one of the last things Charles I saw before his execution.

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Seven Noses of Soho

Several plaster noses are hidden in plain sight around London's Soho neighborhood.

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Gravestone of Henry Croft

A statue of the original Pearly King is hidden in a church's crypt.

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Davenports Magic Shop

The world's oldest family-run magic shop is hidden beneath a bustling London thoroughfare.

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London's Lilliputian Police Station

London's smallest police station is barely the size of a phone booth.

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The Monty Python Foot

The television series' iconic giant foot was borrowed from this classical painting.

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Goodwin's Court

An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.

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Boadicea and Her Daughters

A statue of the legendary Celtic warrior queen who fought the Roman invaders stands in one of the cities she once destroyed.

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S.O.E. Monument

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

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Queen's Diamond Jubilee Galleries

This long-hidden space above Westminster Abbey now displays the battle gear of the legendary King Henry V.

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Roman Wharf Timber

The 2,000-year-old beam is tucked within the pedestrian entrance to the old London Bridge.

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Billingsgate Roman House and Baths

A Roman spa buried deep beneath the City of London.

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Sir Ernest Shackleton's Crow's Nest

The barrel-made lookout from Shackleton's final ship is tucked away in the crypt of one of London's oldest churches.

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The Ruins of St. Dunstan-in-the-East

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

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