Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Wood Street Steps
It is the oldest remaining stairway William Penn created to give Philadelphia citizens access to the port area.
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
It is the oldest remaining stairway William Penn created to give Philadelphia citizens access to the port area.
London, England
A beautiful Georgian church alongside the Thames has a crypt in the basement, in which are buried the bodies of the infamous American traitor Benedict Arnold, his wife Peggy, and their daughter Sophia.
Bristol, England
This beloved piece of street art mysteriously vanished, only to reappear in its original location after some much-needed TLC.
San Francisco, California
Harvey Milk's (the first openly gay person elected to public office in California) camera shop is now a queer community hub that celebrates his legacy and San Francisco's LGBTQ+ history, past and present.
Copenhagen, Denmark
A station imagined at the speed of light, where familiar fixtures slip out of place.
Madrid, Spain
The oldest surviving example of the aqueducts that crossed the Casa de Campo to distribute water.
Finnieston, Scotland
A solitary arbor with a unique pedigree.
Davidson, North Carolina
The first statue of Christ sleeping on a bench in the United States confused its affluent parish.
Woolpit, England
A rather creepy sign alludes to the bizarre and famous history of the "green children of Woolpit"
Edinburgh, Scotland
A never-finished memorial to the heroes of the Napoleonic War has become "Scotland's Folly."
Tuam, Ireland
This disused railway station is a beautiful lost place with a Victorian foot bridge and some graffiti.
Haddington, Scotland
Ruined castle with subterranean vaulted Goblin Ha' or "Goblin Hall."
Little America, Wyoming
Surrounded by a hundred mile radius of billboards, Little America is a roadside attraction whose primary appeal is hospitality.
Nottingham, England
Closing the station left a big hole in the ground. So they put in a shopping centre, a block of apartments and bus station over it and the largest undercover car park Europe in it.
Colchester, England
A history of invasion, innovation, ignition, and Iceni, the Temple of Claudius has been an iconic landmark throughout the history of Britain’s oldest recorded town from its very earliest days to the present
Aarhus, Denmark
A folkloric creature relieving itself at the summer solstice
Manchester, England
This haunted 17th-century pub was moved to a new city when it was already almost 300 years old.
Sligo, Ireland
This 30-foot pile of rocks may be the grave of a mythological Irish queen.
Belfast, Northern Ireland
A towering steel-and-bronze figure whose playful nickname outshines its official message of hope
Falkirk, Scotland
An amazing house in a park in the middle of Falkirk
London, England
This cul-de-sac off Fleet Street is said to be the place where the infamous Demon Barber made a killing
London, England
A timeline of London history on the Thames Path, installed in 2014
Bristol City, England
Bristol’s narrowest street is a ‘Hidden Gem’ for stunning street art
Bristol City, England
Installed in 1938, this was the first moving neon sign in Bristol