London, England
The Ancient House
One of London's oldest houses contains a mixture of both old and modern features.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
London, England
One of London's oldest houses contains a mixture of both old and modern features.
Colchester, England
It's believed emperor Hadrian himself funded this once architectural wonder.
Southend-on-Sea, England
A perilous medieval road leading right into the sea.
Tilbury, England
This star-shaped artillery fort protected the mouth of the Thames from the 16th century to the Second World War.
Colchester, England
One of the largest known Roman theatres in Britain
Finchingfield, England
Inside the Finchingfield Guildhall, two sticks that belonged to alleged witches in the 17th century.
Great Dunmow, England
An English artist has turned an unassuming ex-council house into a time-lost house of mystery.
Ongar, England
This historic franken-chapel is the oldest wooden church in the world, at least part of it.
Marseille, France
Sky ships, planes, and portraits left as unique tokens of hope and thankfulness.
Penela da Beira, Portugal
An ancient tomb that still stands in Portugal.
Tombstone, Arizona
A wild west cemetery in Tombstone, Arizona, provides a window into the Old West.
Cartagena, Colombia
An inspired museum dedicated to the patron saint of enslaved people, inside the cloisters where he lived and died.
Mexico City, Mexico
A church dedicated to the Mexican skeleton saint.
Margilan, Uzbekistan
Witness traditional silk production in the Uzbek city that's been a hub of sericulture for over a thousand years.
Kokand, Uzbekistan
Final palace complex of the last of 29 Kokand rulers.
Chelyabinsk, Russia
The largest-known fragment of an asteroid that exploded over the southern Ural region in 2013.
Washington, D.C.
The unique traffic pattern named for an influential urban planner is also known as the Pedestrian Scramble.
Sauran, Kazakhstan
This was once the largest city in Kazakhstan, and a major stop on the Silk Road.
Dolinka, Kazakhstan
A sober museum housed in the original administrative building of one of Stalin's largest gulags.
Rome, Italy
In the early Roman Empire, people deemed traitors and criminals were tossed to their deaths from this rock.
Rome, Italy
A rare example of a medieval house in Rome adorned with a melancholic inscription.
Rome, Italy
An expansive collection donated by an heirless nobleman formed this admission-free civic museum.
Rome, Italy
The first Russian Orthodox church in the Catholic city of Rome in almost a thousand years.
Vatican City
The Vatican's secret porn-festooned bathroom was painted in erotic murals by one of the greatest artists of the Renaissance.