London, England
Horniman Museum and Gardens
A Victorian natural history and ethnographic museum with wonderful turn-of-the-century, science-book-esque evolution displays.
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London, England
The Mayflower Pub
The London pub overlooks where the Mayflower was moored before setting sail for the New World.
London, England
London's Lilliputian Police Station
London's smallest police station is barely the size of a phone booth.
London, England
Paddington Bear Statue
After nearly 60 years, there's still a bear at Paddington Station looking for help.
London, England
The London Dungeon
One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.
London, England
The Sherlock Holmes Pub and Museum
This London pub hides a peculiar secret: a recreation of the rooms shared at 221b Baker Street by Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.
London, England
221b Baker Street
The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.
London, England
Platform 9 3/4
Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.
London, England
The Ruins of St. Dunstan-in-the-East
One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.
Sofia, Bulgaria
The Red Flat
An interactive museum-like experience takes visitors back to 1980s Communist Bulgaria.
Sofia, Bulgaria
National Palace of Culture
A vast Communist-era exhibition space in the Bulgarian capital.
Sofia, Bulgaria
The Necropolis of St. Sophia Church
Underneath this Byzantinian church lies a necropolis filled with ancient tombs and the ruins of previous churches.
Sofia, Bulgaria
Monument to the Soviet Army
A Bulgarian monument to Russia's role in World War II is constantly being painted in pop culture protest.
Sofia, Bulgaria
Museum of Socialist Art
A collection of art from Bulgaria's time as a communist state.
Sofia, Bulgaria
DZI Sofia Center
This building has two facades of clashing architectural designs.
Sofia, Bulgaria
The Largo
Sofia's legislative center is continuously reinventing itself.
Sofia, Bulgaria
Statue of Sveta Sofia
"Holy Wisdom" overlooks the city that became its namesake.
Sofia, Bulgaria
Alexander Nevsky Cathedral
A striking symbol of the Bulgarian capital.
Wrocław, Poland
Wrocław’s Former City Prison
This ex-prison dates back to the Middle Ages.
Wrocław, Poland
The Train to Heaven
A 90-ton, gravity-defiant steam locomotive shoots for the skies in this bizarrely beautiful public artwork.
New York, New York
Berlin Wall Section
A celebration of capitalism in Midtown.
New York, New York
Albertine
Though its celestial ceiling is impressive, the true star is the vast collection of French books.
Paris, France
Jules Lavirotte’s 29 Avenue Rapp
A scandalous Art Nouveau collaboration that set Paris all atwitter at the turn of the 20th century.
Wrocław, Poland
The Illusory Window
It’s a painted window that looks completely real, hiding on a building in the market square.
