London, England
Traitors' Gate
The watery entrance for condemned prisoners heading to the Tower of London is still visible along the Thames.
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London, England
The watery entrance for condemned prisoners heading to the Tower of London is still visible along the Thames.
Canterbury, England
One of England's most famous churches hides a pair of little known architectural treasures.
London, England
Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.
Edinburgh, Scotland
The most loyal of little dogs, or a Victorian era publicity stunt?
Oxford, England
Ancient Egyptian wigs, South American feather headdresses, a bounty of anthropological artifacts in Oxford.
London, England
After nearly 60 years, there's still a bear at Paddington Station looking for help.
London, England
London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.
London, England
An small and easily overlooked archaeology museum chock full of Egyptian artifacts.
London, England
This legendary stone is of unknown origin, and throughout history has been a literal touchstone for British leaders.
London, England
The final resting place to 300 Victorian-era pets hides inside the city park.
London, England
Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.
London, England
London's smallest police station is barely the size of a phone booth.
London, England
An alleyway plaque is all that remains of the independent Texas' envoy that forgot to pay their rent for over a century.
London, England
Hear the quietest sound from across the dome.
London, England
One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.
London, England
The largest of London's subterranean rivers and once a mad, bad center of London life.
London, England
One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.
London, England
Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.
Luxor, Egypt
These Egyptian statues have survived for 3,400 years and were an acoustic wonder of the ancient world.
Badrshein, Egypt
This ancient structure is widely thought to be the oldest intact pyramid in the world.
London, England
This one has sailed five times as far as Sir Francis Drake's famous ship.
London, England
The anatomical-pathological collection of a man who changed surgery.
Seffner, Florida
An octet of classic chrome trailers speared into the ground act as a tribute to the silver bullets of the open road.
Hillsborough, California
This controversial depiction of the "Founder of California" looks as though it was sculpted from mashed potatoes.