London, England
Speakers' Corner
London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.
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London, England
London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.
London, England
A naturally mummified 2,000-year-old man.
London, England
Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.
London, England
This massive collection of British military artifacts includes the heartbreaking personal letters of the men in the trenches of WWI.
London, England
Scattered throughout London are ancient remnants of the city's former bounding wall.
London, England
An alleyway plaque is all that remains of the independent Texas' envoy that forgot to pay their rent for over a century.
London, England
An unusual round church in London with a Templar past.
London, England
The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.
London, England
Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.
Chiusdino, Italy
This sword isn't waiting for a king to pull it out. It was placed there by a saint.
Lucca, Italy
This bustling Italian plaza is built on the ruins of an ancient Roman amphitheater.
Siena, Italy
A dismembered holy head stares out from her beautiful reliquary at the St. Dominic Basilica.
San Gimignano, Italy
These medieval skyscrapers dominate the skyline of this small Tuscan town.
Florence, Italy
The mummified relic of St. Antoninus.
Florence, Italy
Renaissance hospital featuring a rotating door into which unwanted babies were dropped.
Florence, Italy
The middle finger of modernity.
Florence, Italy
The famous sculptor left his mark on this Italian wall in an internationally protected example of street art.
Florence, Italy
The oldest operating pharmacy in the world features 800-year-old recipes.
Monaco
Museum celebrating the ocean, with the largest wunderkammer dedicated to sea exploration.
Nice, France
An Orthodox church built by the Royal Family for the Russian community exiled to the French Riviera.
Nice, France
This massive blockhead sculpture hides an entire library.