London, England
London's Original and All-Inspiring Coffee House
The site of London’s first coffee house has been serving refreshments of one kind or another for 360 years.
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London, England
The site of London’s first coffee house has been serving refreshments of one kind or another for 360 years.
London, England
Several plaster noses are hidden in plain sight around London's Soho neighborhood.
London, England
A hands-off space for graffiti artists to hone and display their skills.
London, England
Rebuilt remains of a temple to Roman god Mithras.
London, England
The quaint little store that is said to have inspired a famous Dickens novel was only given its name after the book was released.
London, England
A vast overgrown cemetery, once known as one of London's "Magnificent Seven."
London, England
A 1,215-foot tunnel transports pedestrians beneath the River Thames.
London, England
An unusual round church in London with a Templar past.
London, England
One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.
London, England
Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.
London, England
A student driver's nightmare.
London, England
A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.
London, England
Winding paths and ramshackle mausoleums in the oldest "park cemetery" in London.
London, England
This South London cemetery holds the remains of more than 15,000 people.
London, England
An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.
London, England
Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.
London, England
This churchyard arbor is surrounded by hundreds of gravestones placed there by author Thomas Hardy.
London, England
A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.
London, England
This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.
Coventry, England
The bombed out remains of the old church were kept intact next to the new one, as a reminder of the futility of war.
Coventry, England
All that remains of the only English cathedral destroyed in the Protestant Reformation.
Coventry, England
Every hour on the hour a naked heroine and her leering foil appear from this giant cuckoo clock.
Coventry, England
All that remains of the medieval palace of the famous "Black Prince."
Coventry, England
For over 500 years this timbered alms house has provided a home for elderly residents of Coventry.