Places LaGiumenta7 Wants to Go

Preserved behind glass, the ruins of a medieval building used to store human remains.

A mineral spring that became all the rage in 17th-century England.

A sculpture of a famous ape who was once a beloved household name in London.

A portly statue of a golden boy commemorates an unusual cause of the Great Fire of London: the sin of gluttony.

On the eve of a condemned prisoner's death, this bell rang 12 times outside their cell.

Only a few pieces remain of the structure that carried people and goods across the Thames for some 600 years.

A relic from one of London's worst 19th-century slums.

The pockmarks across the building's facade are remnants of the Blitz.

This medieval church tower has maintained its clockworks since the 16th century.

The "beautiful" equation predicting the movement of all electromagnetic particles is engraved in front of Newton's tomb.

Legend has it that seven Anglo-Saxon kings were coronated on this stone, located in the appropriately-named town of Kingston.

It celebrates a very stinky task and salutes London's fatberg-vanquishing team.

This London marker celebrates the spot where the world-famous English band was founded.

No one knows who created the statues or if they are arranged properly—let alone the artwork's real name.

This unique bridge curls up like a caterpillar to let boats pass and then unfurls again to span a small canal.

Stuck in the arcade of Casa Isolani are three arrows of mysterious origins.

This building features dozens of faces along its facade, although one is a bit chilling.

Over 100 towers were built in Bologna during the Middle Ages, but only 22 survive.

This operational mill has survived centuries of destruction and construction.

The eternal resting place of the last highwayman hanged in England.

A giant roundabout made up of six smaller roundabouts can befuddle the uninitiated.

Home to one of the tallest church spires in Europe, this historic church once played host to King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn.

These ruins of Francis Bacon's once-magnificent manor are hidden in the English countryside.

The Neapolitan Cult of the Dead still cares for the skulls at this mini-Fontanelle.