Nashville, Tennessee
Concrete Parthenon
This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.
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Nashville, Tennessee
This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.
Boston, Massachusetts
The history of the tea trade is told in bas-relief on this historic pair of Boston doors.
London, England
This coffee shop lies hidden beneath a historic church.
Manchester, England
An obscure walkway dedicated to a scientist who helped pave the way for the world to sit up and take notice of Manchester.
London, England
Artists and musicians now rule over this former rail station.
London, England
Two plaques commemorate the site of Shakespeare's first theatre.
London, England
A famous burial ground with a history both grim and literary.
London, England
This may be the last of London's wooden pavements, which were once a common sight in the city.
London, England
This historic building displays the remains of a victim of the devastating 14th-century plague.
London, England
A quiet memorial to those who died saving others in the heart of the City of London.
London, England
A portly statue of a golden boy commemorates an unusual cause of the Great Fire of London: the sin of gluttony.
London, England
The gigantic skull of a long-extinct species that once roamed the forests of England and Ireland.
London, England
This plaque in one of London's oldest public hospitals commemorates the first meeting of two of Britain's most famous literary heroes: Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.
London, England
London's only public statue of the much-married monarch adorns the gate to St Bartholomew’s Hospital.
London, England
A plaque hangs near the execution place of the Scottish Independence leader famously depicted in "Braveheart."
London, England
One of London’s rare Tudor-era buildings is a fate-defying gatehouse for a church.
London, England
Hidden in the courtyard of the Victoria and Albert Museum is a little-known tribute to two celebrity pooches.
Paris, France
Former hunting lodge of a duke who was an avid collector of impressionist works.
Paris, France
This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.
Paris, France
The first green space constructed on an elevated viaduct.
Paris, France
This charming cobbled backstreet is the most Instagramable street in Paris, much to the residents' annoyance.
Paris, France
Shop at the 200-year-old store where Julia Child stocked up on copper cookware.
Paris, France
This stone angel is one of the biggest caryatids in all of Paris.
Paris, France
Beggars were miraculously "cured" of their fake ailments when they returned home to this 17th century Paris slum each night.