Places Edited by Gavin

A hidden treasure in London with a rich medieval history, and the resting place of many luminaries.

A historic Georgian building and warm springs.

The premier place to experience the Victorian imagining of the steam-powered future.

The oldest continual pilgrimage site in Britain was supposedly created by a gruesome beheading.

A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.

The Liverpool street made famous by the Beatles is real.

A quaint medieval millhouse hovers surprisingly above the waters of the Seine.

This steep cable railway has been hoisting passengers in the heart of Québec City for over a century.

According to local myth this cemetery is half evil spirits, half good—split down the middle.

London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.

Narrowest house in Boston.

Willy Wonka would love this weird half-a-home.

This iconic 1,000-year-old medieval castle is a favorite of the film industry, most notably as the location for Hogwarts in Harry Potter.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.

A 98-room castle in the middle of Toronto that bankrupted a 19th century electricity multimillionaire.

A 168-foot tower, part of the abandoned Chester Leadworks facility.

This monument on Breed's Hill proves that one of the most famous battles of the Revolutionary War is misnamed.

The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.

Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

The Incredible Hulk, Yoda, Mulder and Scully, and many many others watch over the mean streets of Toronto.

Stonehenge has nothing on Castlerigg’s views.

This tranquil churchyard in the heart of England’s mining country whispers tales of both triumph and tragedy.

The explorer Captain Cook may have named it White Island, but the Maori call it Te Puia o Whakaari – The Dramatic Volcano.

One of England's most famous churches hides a pair of little known architectural treasures.