London, England
Stables Market
Catacombs turned marketplace.
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Places this traveler has marked as been there.
London, England
Hampstead Pergola
This secluded walkway overlooks a magnificently wild London green space.
Warsaw, Poland
Mały Powstaniec (The Little Insurrectionist)
A statue honors the children who fought Nazis in Poland.
Warsaw, Poland
Warsaw University Library Garden
Atop this library is one of the most beautiful green spaces in Warsaw.
Warsaw, Poland
'Greetings from Jerusalem Avenue'
An artificial date palm stands as a memorial to Warsaw's Jewish community.
Wieliczka, Poland
Wieliczka Salt Mine
An underground city of salt.
Krakow, Poland
St. Mary's Basilica
St. Mary's features one of the most spectacularly decorated cathedral interiors in all of Europe.
Krakow, Poland
Wawel Dragon's Den
This Polish cave has housed a dragon, a brothel, and an enduring legend.
London, England
Natural History Museum of London
Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.
London, England
Dick Whittington’s Cat
A monument to the thrice mayor of London who according to lore made his fortune by selling his rat-chasing cat.
Cambridge, England
Madingley American Cemetery
Vast fan-shaped British cemetery honouring American servicemen lost in World War II.
Cambridge, England
Reality Checkpoint
An ordinary lamppost situated in the middle of Cambridge has an unusual moniker and history.
Cambridge, England
Snowy Farr Sculpture
An unusual artwork dedicated to a unique man that entertained people visiting Cambridge while raising money for charity.
Cambridge, England
Corpus Clock & Chronophage
Numberless clock creates a meal of time for the dreaded, insectile Chronophage.
Cambridge, England
The Eagle
The Cambridge pub where Francis Crick announced that he and James Watson had discovered the DNA double-helix.
Cambridge, England
Mathematical Bridge
Local legend says Isaac Newton built this footbridge without any screws, bolts, or nails.
Cambridge, England
Xu Zhimo Memorial
A monument to one of the most famous modernist Chinese poems and its poet.
Cambridge, England
Garret Hostel Bridge
Named after a lodging site that existed nearby, a bridge has existed at this location since 1455.
Cambridge, England
Newton's Apple Tree, Trinity College
This tree was grafted from the actual tree that led Isaac Newton to ponder the theory of gravity.
Cambridge, England
Jesus Green Lido
Cambridge’s century-old outdoor swimming pool is tied for being the longest pool in the United Kingdom, but it is also unusually narrow.
Oxford, England
Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology
Used as an example in one of the first dictionary entries for "museum" in 1706.
Nottingham, England
Wollaton Hall
A striking 500-year-old mansion provides an unexpectedly sublime home for live deer and a menagerie of exotic stuffed animals.
Nottingham, England
The Flying Horse
A 15th-century former coaching inn forms the implausibly grand entrance to a 1980s shopping mall.
Chesterfield, England
The Caves of Nottingham
A labyrinthine underworld of tunnels and caverns hides beneath the city.
