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.
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London, England
Guildhall's Underground Roman Amphitheater
A 2000-year-old Roman amphitheater lies just below Guildhall Yard.
London, England
Sir John Soane's Museum
A cluttered and astounding collection of antiquities and curiosities.
London, England
Hunterian Museum
The anatomical-pathological collection of a man who changed surgery.
London, England
Natural History Museum of London
Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.
London, England
Whispering Gallery at St Paul’s Cathedral
Hear the quietest sound from across the dome.
London, England
Wellcome Collection & Library
The curios of pharmacist and collector Henry Wellcome.
London, England
Grant Museum of Zoology
The only university zoological museum in London houses extinct animals, bizarre natural history specimens, and a Micrarium of microscopic creatures.
London, England
Platform 9 3/4
Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.
London, England
Twinings Tea Shop
A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.
London, England
The Ruins of St. Dunstan-in-the-East
One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.
London, England
Leadenhall Market
This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.
Chartres, France
Chartres Cathedral Crypt
The largest crypt ever constructed in France was built in the 11th century on an ancient Druid sacred site.
Chartres, France
Labyrinth at Chartres Cathedral
The famous winding walk at Chartres is surrounded in mystery and myth.
Montignac, France
Cave of Lascaux
Ancient paintings known as the "Sistine Chapel of Cave Art."
Maisons-Alfort, France
Musée Fragonard
The only remaining collection of flayed figures made by French "madman" Honoré Fragonard.
Puteaux, France
'Le Pouce,' The Giant Thumb Sculpture
César Baldaccini's iconic sculpture of a 40-foot thumb stands tall in La Défense.
Paris, France
Jardin d'Acclimatation
In this Parisian garden's grotesque former life as a zoo it fed exotic animals to the bourgeois and put humans on exhibit.
Paris, France
Musée Marmottan Monet
Former hunting lodge of a duke who was an avid collector of impressionist works.
Paris, France
Musée National de la Marine
Museum on French naval history, with magnificent figureheads, a historic diving suit, and a boat used by Napoleon.
Paris, France
Lasco Project at Palais de Tokyo
A modern-day Lascaux cave underneath Paris.
Paris, France
Flame of Liberty
This life-size replica of the Statue of Liberty's flame is also a tribute to Princess Diana by default.
Paris, France
The Grand Lodge of France
One of the oldest masonic museums in Paris.
Paris, France
Arago Medallions
135 bronze medallions mark a French meridian line which once rivaled the hotshot Greenwich timeline.
