London, England
Speakers' Corner
London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.
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London, England
London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.
London, England
A quiet, semi-secret square with statues of Mahatma Gandhi, Virginia Woolf, and a conscientious objectors stone.
London, England
The only university zoological museum in London houses extinct animals, bizarre natural history specimens, and a Micrarium of microscopic creatures.
London, England
The medieval woodcut-style artwork chronicles life in medieval London.
London, England
The bronze uniforms commemorate the vital role of women during World War II.
London, England
A statue of the legendary Celtic warrior queen who fought the Roman invaders stands in one of the cities she once destroyed.
London, England
An architectural oddity hides in plain sight on this iconic London bridge.
Budapest, Hungary
Sitting beneath an unremarkable residential building is a museum devoted to classic Pinball.
Cambridge, England
The Cambridge pub where Francis Crick announced that he and James Watson had discovered the DNA double-helix.
Bratton, England
A giant white horse drawn on an English hillside may not have been intended to be a horse at all.
Bridgwater, England
The metal frame is all that's left of a wicker sculpture which once towered over the M5 motorway.
Barcelona, Spain
Possibly the oldest church in Barcelona, this basilica has its pagan and Christian mythologies all mixed up.
Barcelona, Spain
A vista of the city and sea from atop the little-known viewing deck on an unassuming Columbus statue.
Cambrils, Spain
This amazing piece of modern art honors the hundreds of fishermen killed during Cambrils' "year of misfortunes."
Cambridge, England
Numberless clock creates a meal of time for the dreaded, insectile Chronophage.
Saint Helens, England
Giant statue of a disembodied head.
Trevor, Wales
The longest and tallest aqueduct in Britain can actually be sailed across.
Southport, England
The second-longest pier in the U.K. stretches a whole kilometer into the Irish Sea.
Grasmere, England
This charming English house was once the home of England's most famous poet.
Melrose, Scotland
The heart of a Scottish legend had a centuries-long journey before reaching its final resting place.
London, England
The Tudor-style cottage in the middle of the square is not quite what it seems.
London, England
Originally built for London’s cab drivers, this bright green hut now serves anyone a hot drink or meal.
London, England
"We gonna rock down to Electric Avenue, and then we'll take it higher..."
London, England
This one has sailed five times as far as Sir Francis Drake's famous ship.