London (visited)

17 Places

Cobham, England

Painshill Park Follies

Amazing collection of folly buildings in Cobham, Surrey.

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London, England

'Potteries and Piggeries' Bottle Kiln

A relic from one of London's worst 19th-century slums.

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London, England

36 Blythe Road

Where Aleister Crowley attempted to seize the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn in a mask and a kilt.

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London, England

Ruins of the Crystal Palace

The remains of Crystal Palace Great Exhibition of 1851.

Annetta Black

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London, England

Crystal Palace Dinosaurs

Abstract dinosaur models in London.

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London, England

The London Stone

This legendary stone is of unknown origin, and throughout history has been a literal touchstone for British leaders.

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London, England

Parkland Walk

Following the trail of an old metro line, this scenic path is haunted by a creepy spriggan statue.

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London, England

Peter Pan Statue

A statue marks the exact spot where The Boy Who Never Grows Up made his first literary appearance.

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London, England

The Dove

A glorious pub known for a spiteful printing feud and its famous typeface lost—then found—at the bottom of the Thames.

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London, England

World's Largest Potted Plant

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

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London, England

Highgate Cemetery

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

Surrey, England

Leith Hill Tower

Gothic tower where Lord Alfred Tennyson wrote the poem "The Sleeping Beauty."

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London, England

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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London, England

Longplayer

A musical composition 1000 years in length plays at the Trinity Buoy Wharf in London.

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London, England

The Cathedral of Sewage

This elaborate Byzantine-style building was designed for a not-so-pretty purpose.

Rachel

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London, England

The Soho Square Hut

The Tudor-style cottage in the middle of the square is not quite what it seems.

Tony Dunnell

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London, England

Hyde Park Pet Cemetery

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

Annetta Black

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