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.
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London, England
The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.
London, England
A tongue-in-cheek arcade where the games are based on everyday life.
London, England
The largest of London's subterranean rivers and once a mad, bad center of London life.
London, England
This statue of one of the engineers who created the London Underground hides a ventilation shaft for the tube lines that run under the street.
London, England
The commemorative stone column conceals a secret laboratory.
London, England
An architectural oddity hides in plain sight on this iconic London bridge.
London, England
Bronze sculpture celebrating the relationship between Churchill and Roosevelt.
London, England
Claiming to be the oldest hat store in the world, this historic haberdashery had a hand (and a head) in the creation of the Bowler.
London, England
This home on a quiet suburban street is completely covered with vibrant mosaics.
London, England
In this cobwebbed old operating theater, you can practically hear the screams of the unanesthetized patients.
London, England
The first geometric self-supporting spiral stairs in Britain are a truly beautiful sight.
London, England
The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.
Boston, Massachusetts
The world's largest piece of copyrighted artwork.
Boston, Massachusetts
In 1958, an MIT fraternity pledge laid down on this bridge and instituted a new, unique unit of measurement.
Boston, Massachusetts
Dedicated to one of the darkest moments in Irish history.
Boston, Massachusetts
Millions of numbers carved in glass represent the tattoos forced upon victims.
Boston, Massachusetts
Silverware in the sidewalk outside a grocery store cements this neighborhood’s Italian culinary history.
Boston, Massachusetts
A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.
Boston, Massachusetts
The site where Charles Dickens gave his first public reading of "A Christmas Carol" in the US.
Boston, Massachusetts
The site of Paul Revere's historic two lantern warning.
Boston, Massachusetts
The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.
Boston, Massachusetts
This Boston medical museum features the skull of the famous medical case of Phineas Gage.
Boston, Massachusetts
This electronics repair store celebrates the history of computers.
Geneva, Switzerland
This stone in Lake Geneva was once the reference point used to determine altitude in Switzerland.