Berlin, Germany
Old City Wall of Berlin
The last remnants of a massive medieval wall that once encompassed the city of Berlin.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Boston, Massachusetts
Tomb of the Mather Family
The tomb of Increase Mather and his son Cotton, influential colonial ministers obsessed with the occult.
London, England
Dick Whittington’s Cat
A monument to the thrice mayor of London who according to lore made his fortune by selling his rat-chasing cat.
London, England
Highgate Cemetery
London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.
Permanently Closed
London, England
World's Largest Potted Plant
The cedar tree in Highgate Cemetery earned its title by accident.
London, England
Boadicea and Her Daughters
A statue of the legendary Celtic warrior queen who fought the Roman invaders stands in one of the cities she once destroyed.
London, England
Down Street Underground Station
The secret wartime bunker built on the platforms of an abandoned Tube station.
London, England
London's Rose-Ringed Parakeets
Legend says these colorful, invasive residents are the descendants of birds released by Jimi Hendrix.
London, England
Leinster Gardens False Facades
You'd never know the houses at 23-24 Leinster Gardens were fakes—until you see the train tracks on the other side.
London, England
Tower of London Barbary Lion Skulls
The bones of two medieval royal lions were discovered at the historic fortress.
London, England
Banksy's 'Designated Graffiti Area'
Banksy gives themself artistic license with this piece of London street art.
London, England
Pudding Lane
The Great Fire of London and the regulation of one-way streets both started in this alley.
London, England
The Tower of London Menagerie
These wire animal sculptures commemorate the exotic inhabitants that once called the Tower of London home.
London, England
Tower of London's Ceremony of the Keys
The ritual has been performed uninterrupted for nearly 700 years.
London, England
Beauchamp Tower
Graffiti from the 16th and 17th centuries cover the walls of this part of the Tower of London.
London, England
Roman Wharf Timber
The 2,000-year-old beam is tucked within the pedestrian entrance to the old London Bridge.
London, England
Battersea Power Station
Pop culture has helped to keep this iconic British building from being destroyed.
London, England
Monument to Hodge the Cat
Dictionary Johnson’s favorite feline.
London, England
Natural History Museum of London
Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.
London, England
Temple Church
An unusual round church in London with a Templar past.
Manchester, England
A Monument to Vimto
A giant wooden soda bottle pays homage to a distinctly British drink on the very spot where it was invented.
Manchester, England
Chetham's Library
Dating back almost 400 years, the oldest public collection library in the United Kingdom was once the study hall of Karl Marx.
London, England
The First Public Drinking Fountain
Public access to clean drinking water was an instant hit among the masses.
London, England
Twinings Tea Shop
A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.
