London, England
Monument to Hodge the Cat
Dictionary Johnson’s favorite feline.
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London, England
Dictionary Johnson’s favorite feline.
London, England
The anatomical-pathological collection of a man who changed surgery.
London, England
Drink your espresso at a Victorian-era urinal in this underground-restroom-turned-coffee-bar.
Dublin, Ireland
A 1930s-style speakeasy with a secret doorway and one-of-a-kind cocktails.
Bradford, England
A Victorian-era cemetery serves as a window into the city of Bradford’s past.
London, England
Where the dead once lay, art now plays.
London, England
The (fictional) address of Sweeney Todd's bloody barbershop.
Derby, England
A public art project to commemorate a tumultuous period in Derby's history.
Tintagel, England
Before construction of the famous Tintagel Castle, this site in Cornwall was likely a prosperous Dark Age trading port.
London, England
These former ticket office windows in London's underground now house pocket-size parks.
London, England
A closed London rail station created to cart away the dead still bears the marks of attempts to make it less morbid.
London, England
Visit the grave of a famous feminist author and the mother of Mary Shelley.
London, England
This churchyard arbor is surrounded by hundreds of gravestones placed there by author Thomas Hardy.
London, England
A building claimed to be London’s smallest house has an obscure history.
London, England
A mysterious pair of mice eating a piece of cheese is London's smallest public sculpture.
London, England
London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.
London, England
Before becoming a poet John Keats studied here to become a surgeon.
London, England
This tribute to the fictional detective stands at the famous literary character's address.
London, England
This once-controversial and slightly confusing statue of Achilles was built out of captured cannons.
London, England
A tiny replica of the iconic London landmark hides on the side of the steel structure.
London, England
Black cat statues guard this temple-like Egyptian revival factory.
London, England
A naturally mummified 2,000-year-old man.
London, England
Sculptor Antony Gormley used chaos theory and fractal growth to design his tallest creation.
London, England
A museum that chronicles the interesting and often dark history of the London docklands, once one of the major trading ports of the world.