Brighton, England
Old Time Amusements
A vintage penny arcade hidden in the back of a fun fair-themed bar.
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Brighton, England
A vintage penny arcade hidden in the back of a fun fair-themed bar.
Brighton, England
The rotting skeleton of a shoreside fun fair that was destroyed by fire and storms still haunts the Brighton ocean view.
Hove, England
This large torch on the Hove coastline helped Sir Francis Drake defend England from the Spanish fleet.
Portsmouth, England
A picturesque garden with a surprising past.
Portsmouth, England
Hauled from the water's depths, Henry VIII's flagship is preserved in this capsule-shaped museum.
Dover, England
One of the few standing Roman lighthouses and a labyrinth of tunnels are a couple of the secrets at this historic castle.
Hastings, England
This remarkably intact, 260-year-old cargo ship is only visible at the lowest of spring tides.
Tintagel, England
A fantastic castle rumored to be the birthplace of King Arthur.
London, England
The last four extravagant street signs of London's historic banking street.
London, England
This one has sailed five times as far as Sir Francis Drake's famous ship.
London, England
Two plaques commemorate the site of Shakespeare's first theatre.
London, England
London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.
London, England
Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.
London, England
Hear the quietest sound from across the dome.
London, England
A 1,215-foot tunnel transports pedestrians beneath the River Thames.
London, England
Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.
London, England
The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.
London, England
A statue of the legendary Celtic warrior queen who fought the Roman invaders stands in one of the cities she once destroyed.
Lübeck, Germany
A tilted half-timbered house from 1672 is built into a salvaged segment of a medieval wall.
Lübeck, Germany
A statue honors the local legend that the devil helped build St. Mary's church after being tricked into thinking it was going to be a wine bar.
Passau, Germany
When a medieval fire claimed the original St. Stephen’s Cathedral, it sparked a pattern of unquenchable organ building.
Wernigerode, Germany
On the highest peak in the Harz Mountains, science and the occult faced off in a failed attempt to turn a goat into a boy.
Goslar, Germany
A peculiar trapezoidal building covered with wonderful humorous reliefs.
Goslar, Germany
This cheeky statue of a man defecating gold coins graces the facade of a medieval guildhall.