London, England
Leadenhall Market
This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.
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London, England
Mansion House Square
London's amazing modernist public square that never was.
London, England
Monument to Hodge the Cat
Dictionary Johnson’s favorite feline.
London, England
Twinings Tea Shop
A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.
London, England
The Monty Python Foot
The television series' iconic giant foot was borrowed from this classical painting.
London, England
London's Lilliputian Police Station
London's smallest police station is barely the size of a phone booth.
London, England
The Churchill War Rooms
The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.
London, England
Dirac Equation
The "beautiful" equation predicting the movement of all electromagnetic particles is engraved in front of Newton's tomb.
London, England
Two Princes Staircase
Richard III supposedly disposed of his nephews' bodies here in an effort to seal his claim to the throne.
London, England
Traitors' Gate
The watery entrance for condemned prisoners heading to the Tower of London is still visible along the Thames.
Austin, Texas
Frost Bank Tower
Locals dubbed it the "Owl Building" because of its bird-like appearance.
Princeton, New Jersey
Princeton Cemetery
The final resting place of many of New Jersey's most famous residents, including U.S. history's most in-vogue antagonist, Aaron Burr.
Carlstadt, New Jersey
The Meadowlands
Infamous marsh filled with toxic waste, World War II-era London rubble, and dead mobsters galore.
Weehawken, New Jersey
Weehawken Dueling Grounds
The boulder on which Alexander Hamilton laid his head after a deadly duel can still be visited on the New Jersey coast.
New York, New York
Hess Triangle
New York City's smallest piece of private property.
Washington, D.C.
The Cairo
This unacceptably tall building was the real reason for Washington, D.C.'s skyscraper ban.
Washington, D.C.
National Building Museum
Fittingly, America's museum of architecture is itself a magnificently designed old building.
Washington, D.C.
Washington Monument Marble Stripe
Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.
Washington, D.C.
Inaugural Parade Center Line
A line of blue paint marks the route of the inaugural parade.
Raleigh, North Carolina
Pumping Station House
A water pumping station disguised as a residential home to assuage concerned neighbors now tricks most passersby.
Biloxi, Mississippi
The Jefferson Davis Home and Presidential Library
A historic Civil War estate-turned-museum looks back on the Confederate States of America.
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Garden of the Gods
Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Tuberculosis Huts
Small teepee-like houses built for TB patients have become sheds, studios, and bus stops around Colorado Springs.
Denver, Colorado
The Miller Building
This was once the home of Gahan's Saloon, Denver's most storied speakeasy.
