London, England
The Monty Python Foot
The television series' iconic giant foot was borrowed from this classical painting.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
London, England
The Lost River Fleet
The largest of London's subterranean rivers and once a mad, bad center of London life.
London, England
The Theatre
Two plaques commemorate the site of Shakespeare's first theatre.
London, England
K2 Telephone Boxes
The wooden telephone box hidden away in London's Piccadilly was the original prototype of the iconic kiosk.
London, England
Allies Sculpture
Bronze sculpture celebrating the relationship between Churchill and Roosevelt.
London, England
London Wall
Scattered throughout London are ancient remnants of the city's former bounding wall.
London, England
Seven Noses of Soho
Several plaster noses are hidden in plain sight around London's Soho neighborhood.
London, England
Hoxton Street Monster Supplies
A special shop catering to the needs of things that go bump in the night, and also helps kids become writers.
London, England
Leadenhall Market
This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.
London, England
Highgate Cemetery
London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.
Newport, Rhode Island
Newport Cliff Walk
Three and a half miles of cliffs, rocky beaches, Gilded Age mansions and 40 Steps to nowhere in particular.
Québec City, Québec
The Murals of Quebec City
A contemporary fresco movement illustrates the region's rich history.
Montreal, Québec
Notre Dame Basilica
A grand Gothic Revival basilica with stained glass depictions of Montreal's religious history has only one soul resting in its crypt.
San Francisco, California
Phelan Building
The second building of its name to occupy this location might be the finest flatiron building in San Francisco.
San Francisco, California
Lincoln Park
Shoot for par over the bodies of the dead on this cemetery-cum-golf course.
San Francisco, California
Pier 22½ & the SFFD Fire Boats
Prone to disastrous fires, the city of San Francisco has the Guardian, a fireboat gifted by residents, to watch over them from the bay.
San Francisco, California
Spreckels Temple of Music
An elaborate gift from Claus Spreckels is now a piece of San Francisco history.
San Francisco, California
Spreckels Mansion
27-room home built with the fortune of a sugar magnate.
San Francisco, California
Battery Chamberlin
Guns that have been defending San Francisco since 1904.
San Francisco, California
Dutch Windmill
The key to turning shifting dunes into the green oasis of Golden Gate Park.
San Francisco, California
Corporate Goddess Sculptures
Faceless white figures loom over the city from the rooftop.
San Francisco, California
McElroy Octagon House
One of few lasting examples of the brief octagon craze that developed into folly.
San Francisco, California
Bourn Mansion
A brooding mansion of clinker brick stands out among the Victorian houses of Pacific Heights.
San Francisco, California
Circus Center
Join the circus for a few lessons to learn clowning, acrobatics, and Chinese contortion.
