London, England
Tower of London's Ceremony of the Keys
The ritual has been performed uninterrupted for nearly 700 years.
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London, England
The ritual has been performed uninterrupted for nearly 700 years.
London, England
There's an exclusive Beefeaters pub hidden in the Tower of London.
London, England
Mary Kelly was last seen here before she was murdered by Jack the Ripper.
London, England
A friendly pub with a sordid past in cock fighting.
London, England
Down a pint of ale where the Bishop of Ely's servants slept in 1546.
London, England
The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.
Glasgow, Scotland
One of the city's oldest pubs displays a skull said to belong to the country's last witch burned at the stake.
Milan, Italy
Sip a Negroni Sbagliato in the bar that invented it.
London, England
This pub has roots dating back to 1430 and serves as the setting for multiple Charles Dickens stories.
London, England
A historic London pub with prison cells in the cellar and a "spy room" on the second floor.
London, England
Classic game cookery takes center stage at what's widely considered London's oldest restaurant.
London, England
The secret wartime bunker built on the platforms of an abandoned Tube station.
London, England
The bar where "The Great Train Robbery" was planned was once a nexus of high society and low morals.
London, England
This third-generation institution is one of the last in London that still cures its own salt beef for epic sandwiches.
Manchester, England
This tiny watering hole claims to have the smallest bar counter in Europe.
Tangier, Morocco
The tomb of one of the greatest travelers in history.
Choum, Mauritania
Climb atop one of the world's longest and heaviest trains for an unbelievable journey across the Sahara Desert.
Manaus, Brazil
This anthropological museum offers a glimpse into the lives of the Indigenous peoples of the Amazon River Basin.
Manaus, Brazil
The only restaurant serving indigenous foods from the Amazon.
Puerto Nariño, Colombia
From pink dolphins to underwater cities, this museum explores the unseen, mythical world of the Amazon river.
Boca do Acre, Brazil
Hub for hallucinogenic Amazon religion.
Nieuw Amsterdam, Suriname
An old Dutch lightvessel is now stuck in a dock near the mouth of the Suriname River.
Paramaribo, Suriname
This "witch's market" is filled with Amazonian herbs, remedies, and the occasional libido-strengthening tincture.
French Guiana
An abandoned colonial French prison notorious for its hellish conditions.