London, England
‘Take Courage’ Ghost Sign
This hand-painted advertisement is a literal sign of encouragement, however unintentional.
Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
London, England
This hand-painted advertisement is a literal sign of encouragement, however unintentional.
London, England
A relic of Victorian grandeur hides beneath a busy South London road.
Hindhead, England
This curious gravestone tells the legend of an unknown mariner's grisly murder.
London, England
Memorial marking the man who helped restore public rights access to the park in 1758.
London, England
These 19th-century gas tanks were remade into an apartment complex.
Brighton, England
Regency-era excess on the English Coast.
Brighton, England
Decrepit Victorian public lift is a white-knuckle ride.
London, England
Celebrating the man behind the Mangrove, a restaurant that became a crucial hub for Black activism in London.
London, England
A living lighting fixture.
London, England
A building claimed to be London’s smallest house has an obscure history.
London, England
This site was once home to Henry VIII and Elizabeth I.
Manchester, England
Two of the most notable names in automobile history are commemorated at the place where they're said to have first met.
Manchester, England
19th century museum with an eclectic mix of curiosities, from Egyptian artifacts to items on archery history to the skull of the world's oldest horse.
Manchester, England
A hunk of prehistoric lava rests amid the Gothic architecture of a campus quad.
Manchester, England
This bronze statue stands throughout the year and illustrates an urgent message about the environment.
Manchester, England
An obscure walkway dedicated to a scientist who helped pave the way for the world to sit up and take notice of Manchester.
Manchester, England
A 19th-century time capsule of travel, fiction, and historic texts still available to the public.
Manchester, England
One of the trees in Manchester’s Piccadilly Gardens is actually a World War II memorial, and it's made of metal.
London, England
A statue honoring a preeminent 19th-century dandy and important figure of men’s fashion.
Salisbury, England
This modest relic, with rich history as a strategic fort through multiple eras.
Salisbury, England
A life-size replica of a Spitfire that sits in a quaint suburb.
Salisbury, England
The oldest working mechanical clock in the world.
Salisbury, England
Pivotal in the research of early British Bronze Age life, found near Stonehenge.
Salisbury, England
This gate served as a small lock-up jail in the 14th century.