Lisbon, Portugal
'The Wedding of the Hen'
This tile-work piece featuring a chicken riding in carriage is both a remarkable artistic creation and a social commentary of politics and culture in 17th-century Portugal.
Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Lisbon, Portugal
This tile-work piece featuring a chicken riding in carriage is both a remarkable artistic creation and a social commentary of politics and culture in 17th-century Portugal.
Santana, Portugal
These small, triangular, colorful houses are a staple of Madeira Island.
Funchal, Portugal
A lush oasis full of vibrant plants and striking geometric displays.
Copenhagen, Denmark
Copenhagen's celebrated theme park and gardens.
London, England
Over several decades, one of London’s most iconic city gates was dismantled, moved out of the city, and then moved back.
London, England
Once designed as the entrance to Buckingham Palace, this structure was later relocated and stands as a victory arch.
London, England
This inn of the court provides a fascinating window into London’s legal and architectural history.
London, England
The world's longest continuously running show has played at this small West End theater since 1974.
London, England
The pockmarks across the building's facade are remnants of the Blitz.
London, England
Only a few pieces remain of the structure that carried people and goods across the Thames for some 600 years.
London, England
At almost 1,000 years old, this is the oldest known door in all of Britain.
London, England
At the top of the hour, figures of the London department store's two co-founders emerge and bow to each other.
London, England
This ancient Egyptian obelisk still bears the wounds of World War I.
London, England
These mysterious Viking chess pieces spent centuries hidden on a remote Scottish island.
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
The rose garden in Regent's Park where Pongo and Perdita met for the first time in Disney's "101 Dalmatians."
London, England
The "lost friend” is the most famous of the six moai statues that were removed from Easter Island.
London, England
This luxury shopping lane has been protected by its own tiny police force for over a century.
London, England
The fierce beast perches atop a pedestal marking where the historic City of London gates once stood.
London, England
London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.
London, England
Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.
London, England
After nearly 60 years, there's still a bear at Paddington Station looking for help.
London, England
Hear the quietest sound from across the dome.
London, England
A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.