London, England
Foundling Museum
Museum dedicated to the UK's first charity for abandoned children, with keepsakes of the mothers who left them behind.
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London, England
Difference Engine #2
Charles Babbage's proto-computer, painstakingly brought to life.
London, England
Tyburn Tree Marker
Never actually a tree at all, this spot was the site of London's public hangings for nearly 600 years.
London, England
The Burlington Arcade Beadles
This luxury shopping lane has been protected by its own tiny police force for over a century.
London, England
Broad Street Cholera Pump
The John Snow Memorial marks the epicenter of London's 1854 cholera epidemic.
London, England
The Imperial War Museum London
This massive collection of British military artifacts includes the heartbreaking personal letters of the men in the trenches of WWI.
London, England
The Real Greenwich Prime Meridian
Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.
London, England
The Clink Prison Museum
An incarceration museum on the spot of possibly the oldest prison in England.
London, England
The London Dungeon
One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.
London, England
The Mail Rail
Hidden beneath the streets of London is a secret subway that only carried mail.
London, England
Natural History Museum of London
Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.
London, England
Platform 9 3/4
Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.
London, England
The Ruins of St. Dunstan-in-the-East
One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.
Tintagel, England
Tintagel Castle
A fantastic castle rumored to be the birthplace of King Arthur.
Tintagel, England
Merlin’s Cave
It is said the legendary wizard once lived in this sea cave beneath Tintagel Castle.
Lucerne, Switzerland
Dance of Death Bridge
This historic covered bridge contains a series of macabre paintings that communicate one thing: everyone dies.
Paris, France
Père Lachaise Cemetery
France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.
London, England
Abney Park Cemetery
A historic arboretum and non-conformist, non-denominational park cemetery.
London, England
Highgate Cemetery
London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.
London, England
Dick Whittington’s Cat
A monument to the thrice mayor of London who according to lore made his fortune by selling his rat-chasing cat.
London, England
Alexandra Palace Transmitter Mast
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.
London, England
Brompton Cemetery
The sixth of London's "Magnificent Seven" cemeteries, and a source of unlikely inspiration to Beatrix Potter.
London, England
Lindow Man
A naturally mummified 2,000-year-old man.
London, England
St. Bartholomew’s Gatehouse
One of London’s rare Tudor-era buildings is a fate-defying gatehouse for a church.
