London, England
Lindow Man
A naturally mummified 2,000-year-old man.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
London, England
Pelicans of St James's Park
Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.
London, England
Cecil Court
A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.
London, England
Greenwich Foot Tunnel
A 1,215-foot tunnel transports pedestrians beneath the River Thames.
London, England
The Old Curiosity Shop
The quaint little store that is said to have inspired a famous Dickens novel was only given its name after the book was released.
London, England
Stables Market
Catacombs turned marketplace.
London, England
The Clink Prison Museum
An incarceration museum on the spot of possibly the oldest prison in England.
London, England
The Imperial War Museum London
This massive collection of British military artifacts includes the heartbreaking personal letters of the men in the trenches of WWI.
London, England
Darwin Centre Spirit Collection
Repository for more than 22 million pickled specimens.
London, England
Horniman Museum and Gardens
A Victorian natural history and ethnographic museum with wonderful turn-of-the-century, science-book-esque evolution displays.
London, England
Sir John Soane's Museum
A cluttered and astounding collection of antiquities and curiosities.
London, England
Grant Museum of Zoology
The only university zoological museum in London houses extinct animals, bizarre natural history specimens, and a Micrarium of microscopic creatures.
London, England
Temple Church
An unusual round church in London with a Templar past.
London, England
Leake Street Graffiti Tunnel
A hands-off space for graffiti artists to hone and display their skills.
Permanently Closed
London, England
The Hardy Tree
This churchyard arbor is surrounded by hundreds of gravestones placed there by author Thomas Hardy.
London, England
Platform 9 3/4
Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.
Moscow, Russia
Lubyanka
Former headquarters of the KGB.
Moscow, Russia
Moscow Metro Stations
The gorgeous entrances into the city's underbelly look more like grand halls than subway stops.
Moscow, Russia
Bunker-42
Dr. Strangelove-esque tours reveal the inside a bunker once reserved for Stalin himself.
London, England
The London Beer Flood
On October 17, 1814, a 15-ft. wave of beer ran rampant through the streets of London.
London, England
221b Baker Street
The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.
Caernarfon, Wales
Snowdon
The highest peak in Wales is said to be the final resting place of a giant killed by King Arthur.
Moscow, Russia
Fallen Monument Park
A sculpture park of the tossed aside relics of the USSR, from Stalin to a massive Soviet emblem.
Moscow, Russia
Padlock Tree Park
Dozens of padlock-trees along the Moscow River.
