Places Edited by jooniur

London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.

This 15th century pub is one of only two pubs in England situated on consecrated ground.

A medieval replica of King Arthur's legendary table, the Round Table hanging in Winchester Castle was decorated by Henry VIII.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.

High in the clouds of San Marino sits an ancient tower with some curious prisoner graffiti.

A motley, fantastical agglomeration of unlikely houseboats along the Shoreham-by-Sea riverbank.

Britain's answer to the NSA is based out of this deliciously-named circular headquarters.

The television series' iconic giant foot was borrowed from this classical painting.

These Roman ruins in England’s Lake District are 2,000 years old, but look pretty good for their age.

Art Deco and “Wrenaissance” mash-up, this recently restored royal residence has been home to kings and comes with secret monkey passages included.

A rotating bridge that carries a little canal over a larger one.

The "beautiful" equation predicting the movement of all electromagnetic particles is engraved in front of Newton's tomb.

Fulham F.C. imploded once everyone excised its giant, hated tribute to the King of Pop.

Every hour on the hour a naked heroine and her leering foil appear from this giant cuckoo clock.

The childhood home of Earth's alien chameleon is a humble Brixton flat.

This studio was home to David Bowie's first single, even if it did turn away the Beatles.

This London plaque marks the spot where David Bowie's famous alien made his debut.

An artistic tribute to the famous singer, just around the corner from where he was born.

A memorial to a dog that inspired rioting in the streets of London.

A statue in the heart of Edinburgh honors a bear that served in the Polish military during World War II.

This craggy boulder is fabled to be either a druidic relic or Satan's stumbling block.

The violinist who played on as the Titanic sank is buried in this quiet English cemetery.

This abandoned asylum in Wales might look haunted, but it's still beautiful.

One fisherman has used his love of pebbles and shore to create a crazy garden of rocky art.