Washington, D.C.
The Exorcist Stairs
The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.
Places I've been
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Washington, D.C.
The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.
Atlanta, Georgia
One of corporate America's best-kept secrets is also one of the most publicly displayed.
St. Augustine, Florida
The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.
St. Augustine, Florida
An 18th-century Spanish watchtower made entirely of seashell and concrete.
Key West, Florida
A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.
Rhodes, Greece
One of the best-preserved medieval streets in Europe.
Patmos, Greece
A Christian pilgrimage site that may have also been a temple for the Greek goddess of love.
Delos, Greece
Giant marble phalluses on the sacred island of antiquity.
Athens, Greece
Where commuters walk through remnants of an ancient Greek necropolis.
Rome, Italy
Jesus' footprints and the first catacombs in the world.
Rome, Italy
2300-year-old Roman road connecting the empire.
Vatican City
Historic fortifications form the boundary of Vatican City, but it’s not entirely surrounded by walls.
York, England
Semaphore saints, a golden dragon's head, and a stone carved with religious warnings all call this cathedral home.
London, England
Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.
London, England
Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.
London, England
19th-century scientists would make the pilgrimage here to verify the precision of their measuring sticks.
London, England
This 500-meter-long memorial pays tribute to the hundreds of thousands of lives lost to COVID-19 in the UK.
London, England
Once designed as the entrance to Buckingham Palace, this structure was later relocated and stands as a victory arch.
London, England
This once-controversial and slightly confusing statue of Achilles was built out of captured cannons.
London, England
London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.
London, England
After nearly 60 years, there's still a bear at Paddington Station looking for help.
Dublin, Ireland
The gorgeous library at Trinity College is home to remarkable treasures of Irish identity.
Dowth, Ireland
The ancient tomb acts as a calendar that keeps perfect time.
Wicklow, Ireland
This ancient Irish tower could easily have stood in for Rapunzel's prison.