Anstruther, Scotland
Anstruther Model Solar System
Bronze plates placed around this Scottish fishing village form a true-scale model of the solar system.
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Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
London, England
Millennium Bridge Tiny Chewing Gum Art
The bridge is a secret gallery of discarded gum that has been transformed into miniature masterpieces.
London, England
Tower of London's Ceremony of the Keys
The ritual has been performed uninterrupted for nearly 700 years.
London, England
Vauxhall Bridge's Miniature St. Paul's Cathedral
A tiny replica of the iconic London landmark hides on the side of the steel structure.
London, England
Viking Tombstone
This Viking gravestone carved in a rare runic style was dug up from a London churchyard.
London, England
'Monument for a Dead Parrot'
The sculpture of the deceased cockatoo flops atop its personal plinth.
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
St. Nicholas Church Memento Mori
These morbid carvings remind churchgoers of the inevitability of death.
London, England
The London Library
More than a million titles fill the labyrinthine shelves of this prestigious private library.
London, England
I Goat
Spitalfields' regal market goat is said to be a monument to the area's migrant population but most are pretty sure it's just a goat.
London, England
The Mayflower Pub
The London pub overlooks where the Mayflower was moored before setting sail for the New World.
London, England
Public Standards of Length
19th-century scientists would make the pilgrimage here to verify the precision of their measuring sticks.
London, England
Philpot Lane Mice Sculpture
A mysterious pair of mice eating a piece of cheese is London's smallest public sculpture.
London, England
Word on the Water
This 1920s Dutch barge is now a floating bookstore.
London, England
Hyde Park Pet Cemetery
The final resting place to 300 Victorian-era pets hides inside the city park.
London, England
The Morpeth Arms
A historic London pub with prison cells in the cellar and a "spy room" on the second floor.
London, England
The Embassy of the Republic of Texas
An alleyway plaque is all that remains of the independent Texas' envoy that forgot to pay their rent for over a century.
London, England
London's Original and All-Inspiring Coffee House
The site of London’s first coffee house has been serving refreshments of one kind or another for 360 years.
London, England
Whispering Gallery at St Paul’s Cathedral
Hear the quietest sound from across the dome.
London, England
Natural History Museum of London
Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.
London, England
Traffic Light Tree
A student driver's nightmare.
London, England
Cecil Court
A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.
London, England
Banksy's 'Designated Graffiti Area'
Banksy gives themself artistic license with this piece of London street art.
London, England
The Churchill War Rooms
The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.
