London, England
London's Original and All-Inspiring Coffee House
The site of London’s first coffee house has been serving refreshments of one kind or another for 360 years.
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London, England
The site of London’s first coffee house has been serving refreshments of one kind or another for 360 years.
London, England
Hear the quietest sound from across the dome.
London, England
Remnants of a Victorian garden feature sitting in public woodland.
London, England
A makeshift shrine to the late rock star is still kept up on the nondescript façade outside 1 Logan Place.
London, England
The world's first underground farm is in a World War II bomb shelter beneath the streets of London.
Marazion, England
A island reachable by a causeway at low tide is possibly one of the earliest Western European locations to be identified in text.
London, England
A vast overgrown cemetery, once known as one of London's "Magnificent Seven."
London, England
A 1,215-foot tunnel transports pedestrians beneath the River Thames.
London, England
A subterranean ice warehouse that has lain hidden beneath central London for over a century is now open to the public.
London, England
An unusual round church in London with a Templar past.
London, England
A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.
Amesbury, England
Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world
Boscastle, England
The world's largest collection of witchcraft regalia.
London, England
An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.
London, England
Winding paths and ramshackle mausoleums in the oldest "park cemetery" in London.
Drogheda, Ireland
This Neolithic passage tomb forms part of a World Heritage Site.
Midleton, Ireland
The whiskey producer's archives includes a historical list of infractions committed by and associated penalties exacted upon employees.
Inisheer, Ireland
These moss-covered medieval ruins tower atop the smallest of Ireland's Aran Islands.
Waterford, Ireland
Impressive mining ruins overlook a spectacular view of Ireland's Copper Coast.
Kerry, Ireland
An ancient holy well said to be used by the patron saint of sailors and travelers, lost in the boggy west of Valentia Island.
Dublin, Ireland
A devastating booze inferno poured through the streets, claiming several victims who drank it.
Cashel, Ireland
The ruins of a medieval monastery named after a type of tree.
Mayo, Ireland
Achill's most recently abandoned village dates back to to the Age of Enlightenment.
Athenry, Ireland
Ruins battered by centuries of war and disaster offer a wondrous glimpse of medieval Ireland.