London, England
The Champion
This 19th-century pub features stained-glass windows celebrating Victorian-era “champions.”
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London, England
This 19th-century pub features stained-glass windows celebrating Victorian-era “champions.”
London, England
Wedged between two buildings at the Great Ormond Street Hospital is this secret music installation.
London, England
The curios of pharmacist and collector Henry Wellcome.
London, England
A statue for a zoo that was never built.
London, England
This pub was 238 years old when it decided to revamp its image: It started serving Thai food.
London, England
The pioneer of psychoanalysis spent the final year of his life here, still seeing patients on that famous couch.
London, England
A statue of the legendary Celtic warrior queen who fought the Roman invaders stands in one of the cities she once destroyed.
London, England
A bronze bust commemorates the heroism of the secret agents who led covert operations against the Nazis.
London, England
One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.
London, England
A community of artists and entrepreneurs seeks a simpler life on London's waterways.
London, England
A student driver's nightmare.
Canterbury, England
Inspired by Thomas Stothard's painting of the "Journey to Canterbury," albeit with Canterbury natives.
Canterbury, England
One of England's most famous churches hides a pair of little known architectural treasures.
Canterbury, England
This skewed English house has looked like it's going to fall over for centuries.
Canterbury, England
A defensive structure built during the Hundred Years War has remained useful in one way or another for nearly 700 years.
Cambridge, England
Named after a lodging site that existed nearby, a bridge has existed at this location since 1455.
Cambridge, England
A complicated contraption for telling time by the moon.
Cambridge, England
Numberless clock creates a meal of time for the dreaded, insectile Chronophage.
Cambridge, England
This tree was grafted from the actual tree that led Isaac Newton to ponder the theory of gravity.
Cambridge, England
This hill is all that remains of Cambridge’s former castle.
Cambridge, England
A monument to one of the most famous modernist Chinese poems and its poet.
Cambridge, England
Local legend says Isaac Newton built this footbridge without any screws, bolts, or nails.
Colleville-sur-Mer, France
A memorial to the nearly 10,000 American soldiers laid to rest on the beaches of Normandy during WWII.
La Cambe, France
This place bears witness to the loss of many lives during WWII, and stands in stark contrast to the American Cemetery.