Reykjavik, Iceland
Ingibjörg H. Bjarnason Statue
The first woman to become a member of the parliament of Iceland.
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Reykjavik, Iceland
Reykjavík 871±2
The exhibition explores the Icelandic city's Viking Age history.
Reykjavik, Iceland
'The Black Cone, Monument to Civil Disobedience'
A monument dedicated to the civil uprisings that took place during the Pots and Pans Revolution.
Reykjavik, Iceland
Icelandic Phallological Museum
An encyclopedic collection of mammal penises.
London, England
Memorial to Mahomet Weyonomon
A sculpture outside London's oldest cathedral honors the Mohegan chief who died while petitioning the king.
London, England
British Library Treasures Gallery
The library houses an incredible collection of some of the world's most impressive books and manuscripts.
London, England
The Lewis Chessmen
These mysterious Viking chess pieces spent centuries hidden on a remote Scottish island.
London, England
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.
London, England
The Soho Square Hut
The Tudor-style cottage in the middle of the square is not quite what it seems.
London, England
Cecil Court
A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.
London, England
Café in the Crypt
This coffee shop lies hidden beneath a historic church.
London, England
'A Conversation With Oscar Wilde'
An unusual ode to the late Irish playwright, complete with a squiggly bust and coffin-shaped bench.
London, England
Of Alley and the Duke’s Streets
An agreement meant to honor the Duke of Buckingham led to this unusually-named passageway near Charing Cross.
London, England
York Water Gate
These ornate arches show how the course of the River Thames has changed.
London, England
Twinings Tea Shop
A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.
London, England
Guildhall's Underground Roman Amphitheater
A 2000-year-old Roman amphitheater lies just below Guildhall Yard.
London, England
Temple of Mithras
Rebuilt remains of a temple to Roman god Mithras.
Canterbury, England
Crooked House
This skewed English house has looked like it's going to fall over for centuries.
Canterbury, England
Alphege Windows
A set of medieval stained-glass windows tell the gruesome story of a Viking siege.
Canterbury, England
Tomb of the Black Prince
An impressive armored bronze effigy marks the tomb of one of the medieval era's greatest warriors.
Canterbury, England
The Great Cloister and Chapter House of Canterbury Cathedral
One of England's most famous churches hides a pair of little known architectural treasures.
London, England
Aldgate Pump
This pump on the bad side of Victorian London betrayed a horrifying revelation about the water supply.
London, England
Roman Wharf Timber
The 2,000-year-old beam is tucked within the pedestrian entrance to the old London Bridge.
London, England
Jeremy Bentham's Auto-Icon
The remains of the great moral philosopher reside in a university in London.
