Venice, Italy
Squero di San Trovaso
Where Venice's gondolas go for a tune-up.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
London, England
Parliamentary Division Bells
A network of bells in the pubs and restaurants around Westminster alerts politicians when it's time to cast their votes.
London, England
Pelicans of St James's Park
Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.
London, England
Lock & Co.
Claiming to be the oldest hat store in the world, this historic haberdashery had a hand (and a head) in the creation of the Bowler.
London, England
The Embassy of the Republic of Texas
An alleyway plaque is all that remains of the independent Texas' envoy that forgot to pay their rent for over a century.
London, England
The London Library
More than a million titles fill the labyrinthine shelves of this prestigious private library.
London, England
The Molehill on The Equestrian Statue of William III
This statue includes the molehill that toppled a king.
London, England
Giro the Dog's Grave
The final resting place of a German diplomat's beloved companion.
London, England
The Duke of Wellington’s Mounting Stone
Outside of one of Britain's most renowned social clubs, a step installed specifically for the Duke.
London, England
The Fourth Plinth
Originally meant to hold a statue of King William IV, this support sat empty for years. Today, it hosts a rotating cast of public artwork.
London, England
The Clink Prison Museum
An incarceration museum on the spot of possibly the oldest prison in England.
London, England
Scenes from the Frost Fair
Murals of the wild parties once held on the frozen River Thames.
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
The London Dungeon
One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.
London, England
Boadicea and Her Daughters
A statue of the legendary Celtic warrior queen who fought the Roman invaders stands in one of the cities she once destroyed.
London, England
The Navigators
Ship-sized kinetic sculptural fantasy.
London, England
Tower Bridge’s Dead Man’s Hole
This unassuming alcove in London’s famous Tower Bridge once served to capture, store, and display dead bodies from the River Thames.
London, England
Traitors' Gate
The watery entrance for condemned prisoners heading to the Tower of London is still visible along the Thames.
London, England
Tongue & Brisket
This third-generation institution is one of the last in London that still cures its own salt beef for epic sandwiches.
London, England
Broad Street Cholera Pump
The John Snow Memorial marks the epicenter of London's 1854 cholera epidemic.
London, England
The Soho Square Hut
The Tudor-style cottage in the middle of the square is not quite what it seems.
London, England
The London Beer Flood
On October 17, 1814, a 15-ft. wave of beer ran rampant through the streets of London.
Permanently Closed
London, England
The Buried Remains of Little Compton Street
The signs of a long buried road can still be found hidden beneath a London sewer grate.
Permanently Closed
London, England
'Great Dangaroo Flood'
On a wall in linear London, a plaque hangs at the high water mark of one of the worst floods in fictional Kcymaerxthaereal times.
