London, England
Sotheby's Sekhmet
Heralded as the oldest statue in London.
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London, England
Heralded as the oldest statue in London.
London, England
A storied London perfume shop that supplies scents for royalty has been operating out of this storefront for nearly 300 years.
London, England
The next-door homes of two very different musicians, George Frideric Handel and Jimi Hendrix.
London, England
A Victorian school for poverty stricken waifs has been preserved as a museum to their donated education.
London, England
It’s fun to stay at the YMCA… but at this London outpost, it’s even more fun to eat the Bombay aloo.
London, England
The first regular high-definition TV transmissions were made from this seemingly out-of-place mast located on one corner of a Victorian-era entertainment venue.
Essex, England
This wooden effigy believed to be King Charles I hung for centuries outside an inn and was mistaken for a deity.
Basingstoke, England
The birthplace of Jane Austen commemorated the 200th anniversary of her death with a bronze statue of the beloved author.
Bisley, England
This holy spring and its well have been the site of religious devotion for millennia.
Uxbridge, England
Visit the WWII bunker where the British won the battle for the skies.
London, England
This statue of one of the engineers who created the London Underground hides a ventilation shaft for the tube lines that run under the street.
London, England
This sculpture of a pylon is upside down and askew, as if its main purpose is to confuse passersby.
London, England
A musical composition 1000 years in length plays at the Trinity Buoy Wharf in London.
London, England
A museum that chronicles the interesting and often dark history of the London docklands, once one of the major trading ports of the world.
Lagos, Nigeria
What started as makeshift fishermen's housing has grown into a massive, floating community.
Abuja, Nigeria
A labor of love and aviation in Nigeria.
Esie, Nigeria
More than 1,000 stone figures were discovered in a small Nigerian town, where they had been sitting for centuries.
Osogbo, Nigeria
The last remaining site of Yoruba worship of the fertility goddess.
Lekki, Nigeria
Not your average art gallery, this massive center hosts 8,000 works from artists across Africa—and it’s free to the public.
Lekki, Nigeria
This Nigerian nature reserve is home to the longest canopy walkway in Africa.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Remnants of the 16th-century defensive wall still stand unassumingly within Edinburgh.
Edinburgh, Scotland
A museum dedicated to firefighting in a city that was crucial to the modern history of the profession.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Scotland's first Masonic lodge may also be the oldest in the world.
Edinburgh, Scotland
360° views of the city plus five floors of optical illusions and hands-on science.