London, England
'The Ambassadors'
A mysterious shape catches the eye in this 16th-century painting.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
London, England
The Lewis Chessmen
These mysterious Viking chess pieces spent centuries hidden on a remote Scottish island.
London, England
Aldgate Pump
This pump on the bad side of Victorian London betrayed a horrifying revelation about the water supply.
London, England
Tower Bridge Chimney
An architectural oddity hides in plain sight on this iconic London bridge.
London, England
Metropolitan Police Coat Hook
Installed at a chaotic intersection, this gave London traffic cops a place to hang their heavy woolen coats.
London, England
Hoa Hakananai'a
The "lost friend” is the most famous of the six moai statues that were removed from Easter Island.
London, England
Trafalgar Square Imperial Measurements
These official units of measurement—including chains and perches—lie hidden beneath tourists' feet in a popular London hub.
London, England
London Underground Labyrinths
A labyrinth hides in plain sight at each of the city's 270 Tube stations.
London, England
Lindow Man
A naturally mummified 2,000-year-old man.
London, England
Village Underground
Artists and musicians now rule over this former rail station.
London, England
The Imperial War Museum London
This massive collection of British military artifacts includes the heartbreaking personal letters of the men in the trenches of WWI.
London, England
Earl's Court Police Box
The Metropolitan Police refurbished the blue box (perhaps not coincidentally) the same year "Doctor Who" returned to TV screens.
London, England
London's Lilliputian Police Station
London's smallest police station is barely the size of a phone booth.
London, England
Whispering Gallery at St Paul’s Cathedral
Hear the quietest sound from across the dome.
London, England
Seven Noses of Soho
Several plaster noses are hidden in plain sight around London's Soho neighborhood.
London, England
Goodwin's Court
An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.
London, England
Cecil Court
A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.
London, England
Platform 9 3/4
Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.
London, England
Leadenhall Market
This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.
Cleveland, Ohio
World's Largest Rubber Stamp
Cleveland's giant "free" stamp is a nod to the Civil War, but was misinterpreted for years.
Youngstown, New York
Old Fort Niagara
This historic fort spans more the 300 years.
Hellishelðivegur, Iceland
Hveradalir Geothermal Area
A geothermal paradise with bubbling mud pools and bright blue hot springs.
Morrison, Colorado
Dinosaur Ridge
See 150 million-year-old dinosaur tracks and bones dating back to the Jurassic period.
New York, New York
New York's Hidden Tropical Forest
A miniature rainforest is growing inside of a Midtown Manhattan office building.
