San Simeon, California
Hearst Castle
The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.
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San Simeon, California
The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.
New York, New York
One of only two commuter aerial tramways in the United States.
New York, New York
Visit the monolithic tomb of America's most famous general.
Centerport, New York
An eccentric playboy's astounding natural history collection.
Cold Spring Harbor, New York
Whale bones, scrimshaw, and sperm oil make up just a part of this comprehensive collection of whaling history.
Amityville, New York
The site of a tragic massacre that spawned a multimedia franchise.
Brentwood, New York
A formerly abandoned mental institute, now back in business.
London, England
Explore nearly 400 years of English middle-class home life.
London, England
This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.
London, England
One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.
London, England
A historic London cemetery now serves as a nature park incorporating gravestones & memorial statues.
London, England
A Victorian park cemetery, standing on the site of what was once the Great North Wood.
London, England
A historic arboretum and non-conformist, non-denominational park cemetery.
London, England
The remains of an ancient Roman teenager are memorialized at the base of a modern London landmark.
London, England
The sixth of London's "Magnificent Seven" cemeteries, and a source of unlikely inspiration to Beatrix Potter.
London, England
Winding paths and ramshackle mausoleums in the oldest "park cemetery" in London.
London, England
A mysterious artist-run cabinet of curiosities and library.
London, England
A cluttered and astounding collection of antiquities and curiosities.
London, England
The anatomical-pathological collection of a man who changed surgery.
London, England
This South London cemetery holds the remains of more than 15,000 people.
London, England
A famous burial ground with a history both grim and literary.
London, England
This churchyard arbor is surrounded by hundreds of gravestones placed there by author Thomas Hardy.
London, England
Dictionary Johnson’s favorite feline.
London, England
A glorious pub known for a spiteful printing feud and its famous typeface lost—then found—at the bottom of the Thames.