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London, England

Down Street Underground Station

The secret wartime bunker built on the platforms of an abandoned Tube station.
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London, England

Carting Lane Sewer Lamp

The pretty iron lamp is a reminder of the architecture underneath London's streets.
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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

10 Adam Street

England's most famous front door has an accidental doppelganger.
Juliejoolz Added by Juliejoolz
London, England

Cecil Court

A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.
Kerry Wolfe Added by Kerry Wolfe
London, England

The Morpeth Arms

A historic London pub with prison cells in the cellar and a "spy room" on the second floor.
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London, England

PsychoBarn

A traditional American farmhouse plopped in the middle of a Piccadilly courtyard.
tjmuehleman Added by tjmuehleman
London, England

Trafalgar Square Imperial Measurements

These official units of measurement—including chains and perches—lie hidden beneath tourists' feet in a popular London hub.
Kerry Wolfe Added by Kerry Wolfe
London, England

Charing Cross Mural

The medieval woodcut-style artwork chronicles life in medieval London.
Monsieur Mictlan Added by Monsieur Mictlan
London, England

London's Lilliputian Police Station

London's smallest police station is barely the size of a phone booth.
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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 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.
Luke J Spencer Added by Luke J Spencer
London, England

Lock & Co.

Claiming to be the oldest hat store in the world, this historic haberdashery had a hand (and a head) in the creation of the Bowler.
Amy Lewin Added by Amy Lewin
London, England

Seven Noses of Soho

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

The Lioness and the Lesser Kudu

This striking statue brings a scene from the African savannah into central London.
Monsieur Mictlan Added by Monsieur Mictlan
London, England

York Water Gate

These ornate arches show how the course of the River Thames has changed.
Kerry Wolfe Added by Kerry Wolfe
London, England

The Sherlock Holmes Museum

This London pub hides a peculiar secret: a recreation of the rooms shared at 221b Baker Street by Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.
Luke J Spencer Added by Luke J Spencer
London, England

Memorial to the Women of World War II

The bronze uniforms commemorate the vital role of women during World War II.
Tony Dunnell Added by Tony Dunnell
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

Gettysburg Dime Museum

This recreation of a 19th-century dime museum is full of oddities.
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

Civil War Tails at the Homestead Diorama Museum

A diorama of the Civil War, fought by cats.
bryanwoerner Added by bryanwoerner
Woolford, Maryland

Old Trinity Church

The United States' oldest Episcopal church still in active use.
Sarah Laskow Added by Sarah Laskow
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

Gettysburg Cyclorama

A dramatic, 360-degree recreation of Pickett's Charge in the Civil War.
Annetta Black Added by Annetta Black
Fairfield, Pennsylvania

Raven Rock Mountain Complex

The Cold War-era "underground Pentagon" is a sprawling subterranean hideaway for the Defense Department.
Elliot Carter Added by Elliot Carter
Winchester, Virginia

Museum of the Shenandoah Valley

Extraordinary objects lurk in this quintessential regional museum.
Edward Denny Added by Edward Denny