London, England
Mansion House Square
London's amazing modernist public square that never was.
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London, England
London's amazing modernist public square that never was.
London, England
The last four extravagant street signs of London's historic banking street.
London, England
The barrel-made lookout from Shackleton's final ship is tucked away in the crypt of one of London's oldest churches.
London, England
This pump on the bad side of Victorian London betrayed a horrifying revelation about the water supply.
London, England
Spitalfields' regal market goat is said to be a monument to the area's migrant population but most are pretty sure it's just a goat.
London, England
A celebrated bandstand at the center of what was once the worst slum in London.
London, England
Mary Kelly was last seen here before she was murdered by Jack the Ripper.
London, England
The site of London’s first coffee house has been serving refreshments of one kind or another for 360 years.
London, England
This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.
Istanbul, Turkey
The legendary luxury train passage is commemorated with a charming museum inside its former eastern terminus.
Valparaiso, Chile
Pivotal home of Nobel Prize winner Pablo Neruda.
Viña del Mar, Chile
Built for the 1962 World Cup, this fully functioning botanical clock is still ticking.
Marrakesh, Morocco
This vast masterpiece of Moroccan architecture spreads across 20 acres.
Marrakesh, Morocco
Fortune tellers, snake charmers, poets, and storytellers all gather on this historic square in Morocco.
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
The first mosque in the world to receive electricity.
Córdoba, Spain
Spain's unique Mosque-Cathedral has been a place of worship for both Muslims and Christians throughout its history.
Mexico City, Mexico
Psychedelic murals coat the inside of a nondescript research library.
Mexico City, Mexico
A jaw-dropping "megalibrary" that turns book-browsing into a geometric adventure.
Benidorm, Spain
This 47-story "M" needed 20 years to be completed
Mexico City, Mexico
A museum in the former home of Marxist revolutionary Leon Trotsky.
Mexico City, Mexico
66,000 pieces of art, donated by one of the world's richest men.
Mexico City, Mexico
Part bookstore, part café, and part forest.
Mexico City, Mexico
Gilded heaven for philatelists and architecture freaks, still in full working order despite sitting atop tremulous ground.
Mexico City, Mexico
The only castle in North America to ever house European sovereigns.