London, England
The Lost River Fleet
The largest of London's subterranean rivers and once a mad, bad center of London life.
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London, England
The largest of London's subterranean rivers and once a mad, bad center of London life.
London, England
Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.
Caerphilly, Wales
This castle tower in Wales leans at a steeper angle than the Leaning Tower of Pisa.
Lisbon, Portugal
The world's oldest bookshop still in operation.
Lisbon, Portugal
An unassuming music museum recounts the rags to riches story of a dramatic Portuguese genre.
Marmaris, Turkey
According to local legends, the shallow sandbar that allows visitors to walk across Orhaniye Bay has a tragic backstory.
London, England
No one knows who created the statues or if they are arranged properly—let alone the artwork's real name.
London, England
At the center of London’s oldest roundabout stands an obelisk that was erected in 1771, but spent several decades elsewhere.
London, England
A cluttered and astounding collection of antiquities and curiosities.
London, England
A jumble of concrete on the corner of one of London’s terraced buildings is actually a work of art.
London, England
Soon after its unveiling, this giant inverted globe sparked controversy and was vandalized.
London, England
This secluded walkway overlooks a magnificently wild London green space.
London, England
Once a 19th-century refuge for immigrants, this pub has hosted performances by Amy Winehouse and the Arctic Monkeys.
London, England
The world's longest continuously running show has played at this small West End theater since 1974.
London, England
The medieval woodcut-style artwork chronicles life in medieval London.
London, England
An unusual ode to the late Irish playwright, complete with a squiggly bust and coffin-shaped bench.
London, England
How did a fuel storage container become one of the most famous sights in the sporting world of cricket?
London, England
A quartet of tiled art pieces adorn the floors of this prestigious art museum.
London, England
Named for a doctor who made a breakthrough in London’s cholera epidemic, this 1800s pub was also the site of a queer “kiss-in.”
London, England
Take in the views of Big Ben with a Guinness in hand at this floating pub aboard a 1930s Dutch barge.
London, England
A storied London perfume shop that supplies scents for royalty has been operating out of this storefront for nearly 300 years.
East Molesey, England
Carved initials which are nearly 500 years old preserve the deposed Queen's presence at Hampton Court Palace.
London, England
Once designed as the entrance to Buckingham Palace, this structure was later relocated and stands as a victory arch.
London, England
One of London's lost rivers runs through a pipe over the tracks of this subway station.