Sheffield, England
Bishops' House
This house was home to a succession of park keepers for more than 90 years, but in all that time, it never had a toilet.
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Sheffield, England
This house was home to a succession of park keepers for more than 90 years, but in all that time, it never had a toilet.
Sheffield, England
Cemetery established by the Victorians as a solution to the overflowing graveyards.
Sheffield, England
Amidst towering office buildings, a local pub lives inside Sheffield’s oldest surviving domestic building.
Sheffield, England
One of the last doorless, continuously moving elevators still in use in the U.K.
London, England
A traditional American farmhouse plopped in the middle of a Piccadilly courtyard.
London, England
This churchyard arbor is surrounded by hundreds of gravestones placed there by author Thomas Hardy.
London, England
Once designed as the entrance to Buckingham Palace, this structure was later relocated and stands as a victory arch.
London, England
Originally meant to hold a statue of King William IV, this support sat empty for years. Today, it hosts a rotating cast of public artwork.
London, England
Down a pint of ale where the Bishop of Ely's servants slept in 1546.
London, England
Chelsea's soldiers were given strict orders when crossing this historic bridge.
London, England
One of America's founding fathers lived in this London lodging between 1757 and 1775.
London, England
A place of remembrance for the Prime Minister that met a violent end.
London, England
This haunting sculpture was created as a statement on the mechanized warfare of the First World War.
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 inn of the court provides a fascinating window into London’s legal and architectural history.
London, England
An ornate and disused early 20th-century building has been given new life as a fully operational structure, complete with offices, oyster bar, and a furniture retailer.
London, England
This magnificently macabre shield shows the power of chivalrous love in medieval times.
London, England
The beloved beast's taxidermy remains sit in the Natural History Museum's cafe.
London, England
An eccentric Victorian aristocrat's enormous collection of medieval armor and weapons from around the world.
London, England
The Great Fire of London and the regulation of one-way streets both started in this alley.
London, England
A building that survived WWII, possibly on the virtue of its name alone.
London, England
This intriguing Bronze Age artifact spent centuries hidden within a Welsh faerie hill.
London, England
Hidden in the courtyard of the Victoria and Albert Museum is a little-known tribute to two celebrity pooches.
London, England
The bones of two medieval royal lions were discovered at the historic fortress.