London, England
Traitors' Gate
The watery entrance for condemned prisoners heading to the Tower of London is still visible along the Thames.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
East Sussex, England
Beachy Head
England's most notorious suicide spot.
London, England
Brunel Museum Grand Entrance Hall
The first tunnel to be dug beneath a river, repurposed as an art and museum space.
Rye, England
The Mermaid Inn
This centuries-old hotel hides a network of secret cellars and passages once used by smugglers.
Gravesend, England
The Resting Place of Pocahontas
The last resting place of the famous Native American princess is marked by a haunting monument.
Rochester, England
Rochester Castle
This foreboding medieval castle was twice besieged by barons rebelling against the English king.
London, England
Gravestone of Henry Croft
A statue of the original Pearly King is hidden in a church's crypt.
London, England
Cecil Court
A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.
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.
London, England
‘Out of Order’
A domino effect created with Britain’s iconic telephone boxes.
London, England
The Coronation Stone
Legend has it that seven Anglo-Saxon kings were coronated on this stone, located in the appropriately-named town of Kingston.
London, England
Charing Cross Storm Tree
A living memorial to the trees London lost during the Great Storm of 1987.
Paris, France
Le Chat Noir Collection
Original cabaret handbills, posters, and feline artwork are a purrfect highlight of the Museum of Montmartre.
Hastings, England
Hasting's Net Shops
During the heyday of fishing in Hastings, there were more than 100 of these storage facilities.
Tenerife, Spain
Mount Teide
According to the Guanches, the aboriginal people of the Canary Islands, the king of evil lives inside this volcano.
Paris, France
Statue of Liberty at Pont de Grenelle
This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.
Paris, France
Père Lachaise Cemetery
France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.
Dublin, Ireland
'Meeting Place'
This statue celebrating everyday life in Dublin has a few unsavory nicknames.
Dublin, Ireland
Phil Lynott Statue
A statue in the center of Dublin dedicated to one of their favorite sons of rock & roll.
Dublin, Ireland
Dublin General Post Office
The modern birthplace of Irish freedom.
Dublin, Ireland
The Famine Memorial in Dublin
The somber sculptures commemorating Irish Famine on the river Liffey in Dublin.
Dublin, Ireland
Statue of Oscar Wilde
The comedy and tragedy of Oscar Wilde is preserved in a Dublin park, captured in a sculpture of colorful stone.
Dublin, Ireland
Kilmainham Gaol
One of Ireland's most infamous prisons for rebels including men, women and children.
London, England
Odeon Covent Garden
Formerly known as Saville Theatre, this mid-20th-century entertainment hub includes an ornate frieze.
