Fort Worth, Texas
The Palace Light Bulb
The world's second-longest burning light bulb.
Places Jfmcl Wants to Go
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Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Boston, Massachusetts
World's Largest Air-Insulated Van de Graaff Generator
The massive machine creates cracking displays of indoor lightning.
Nottingham, England
Green's Mill
A curious urban windmill once owned by a renowned British mathematical physicist.
England
St. James’s Theatre Reliefs
Stone carvings celebrate the legacy of a now-defunct theatre.
London, England
The Embassy of the Republic of Texas
An alleyway plaque is all that remains of the independent Texas' envoy that forgot to pay their rent for over a century.
London, England
The Wallace Collection Armory
An eccentric Victorian aristocrat's enormous collection of medieval armor and weapons from around the world.
London, England
The Tower of All Hallows Staining
A lone medieval church tower marooned among the City of London's skyscrapers
London, England
St Olave Hart Street
A hidden treasure in London with a rich medieval history, and the resting place of many luminaries.
London, England
Cheapside Plane Tree
What might be the oldest living tree in London has survived fires, bombings, and estate agents.
London, England
Queenhithe Mosaic
A timeline of London history on the Thames Path, installed in 2014
London, England
The Barbican Estate
This sprawling, Brutalist estate feels like a city within a city.
London, England
Billingsgate Roman House and Baths
A Roman spa buried deep beneath the City of London.
London, England
50 Berkeley Square Townhouse
One of the most haunted places in London...or is it?
Berkhamsted, England
Berkhamsted Castle
This early Norman castle was the first historical monument protected by an act of Parliament.
Northchurch, England
Grave of Peter, the Wild Boy of Hanover
"The Most Wonderful Wonder that ever appeared to the Wonder of the British Nation."
Bletchley, England
National Museum of Computing
Museum celebrating the history of computers, especially their role in codebreaking.
Milton Keynes, England
Bletchley Park
Home to Alan Turing, the cracking of the Enigma code, and Captain Ridley's shooting party.
Nottingham, England
Site of Nottingham Victoria Railway Station
Closing the station left a big hole in the ground. So they put in a shopping centre, a block of apartments and bus station over it and the largest undercover car park Europe in it.
Nottingham, England
Standard Hill
The English Civil War began right here in 1642.
Leicester, England
King Richard III's Car Park
More than 500 years after his death, a medieval ruler's remains were found buried under a parking lot.
Naseby, England
Battle of Naseby Obelisk
A monument at the site of a decisive battle in the First English Civil War.
Preston, England
Preston Bus Station
Locals spent years successfully fighting to save this beloved Brutalist behemoth from demolition.
Preston, England
Wallace and Gromit Statue
Everyone's favorite clay duo immortalized in bronze.
Preston, England
Preston Martyrs Memorial
A harrowing sculpture commemorates the four people shot down during the workers strike of 1842.
