New York, New York
Statue of Liberty's Original Torch
Lady Liberty's first beacon of enlightenment is now displayed in a museum near the statue.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
London, England
London Transport Museum Depot
The majority of the museum's large collection is held in a storage space open to the public a few times a year.
London, England
Traitors' Gate
The watery entrance for condemned prisoners heading to the Tower of London is still visible along the Thames.
Permanently Closed
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Isle of Shoals Humpbacks
One of 100 “Whaling Wall" murals painted in 13 different countries by a renowned marine life artist.
London, England
Barbican Conservatory
This hidden green space is the city's second largest conservatory.
London, England
Henry VIII Gatehouse Statue
London's only public statue of the much-married monarch adorns the gate to St Bartholomew’s Hospital.
London, England
Westland London
High-end antique collection housed in a centuries-old church.
London, England
The Mayflower Pub
The London pub overlooks where the Mayflower was moored before setting sail for the New World.
Southwold, England
Under the Pier Show
A chaotic collection of coin-operated slot machines designed to delight and disturb in equal measure.
London, England
Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology
An small and easily overlooked archaeology museum chock full of Egyptian artifacts.
London, England
God's Own Junkyard
A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.
London, England
Philpot Lane Mice Sculpture
A mysterious pair of mice eating a piece of cheese is London's smallest public sculpture.
London, England
Hungerford Footbridge Skateboard Graveyard
The broken skateboards that became a poignant memorial to a murdered skater.
London, England
The Ferryman's Seat
The last remaining example of the boatmen's perches that once dotted the south bank of the Thames.
London, England
‘Monument to the Unknown Artist’
The London statue that imitates passersby.
London, England
Earl's Court Police Box
The Metropolitan Police refurbished the blue box (perhaps not coincidentally) the same year "Doctor Who" returned to TV screens.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Rooftop Terrace at the National Museum of Scotland
There are plenty of wonderful panoramic vistas in Edinburgh, but not many are hidden smack in the middle of the Old Town.
London, England
Metropolitan Police Coat Hook
Installed at a chaotic intersection, this gave London traffic cops a place to hang their heavy woolen coats.
London, England
The Monty Python Foot
The television series' iconic giant foot was borrowed from this classical painting.
London, England
London's Lilliputian Police Station
London's smallest police station is barely the size of a phone booth.
London, England
The Morpeth Arms
A historic London pub with prison cells in the cellar and a "spy room" on the second floor.
London, England
Brown Dog Statue
A memorial to a dog that inspired rioting in the streets of London.
London, England
Aldgate Pump
This pump on the bad side of Victorian London betrayed a horrifying revelation about the water supply.
London, England
Sir Ernest Shackleton's Crow's Nest
The barrel-made lookout from Shackleton's final ship is tucked away in the crypt of one of London's oldest churches.
