A configuration of a trio of statues that depict a scene reflecting a time emblematic in the city’s rich history.

An Asante king spent four years in exile in a house on this very spot.

One of the oldest brick structures in Freetown.

One of the most important Krio heritage sites in the country.

A seaside cemetery honors the Commonwealth soldiers and sailors that died in Sierra Leone during World War I and II.

The oldest of its kind in the country, this tree sits where formerly enslaved people are said to have founded the city of Freetown.

After Sierra Leone's railways shut down in 1974, a collection of engines and other artifacts spent decades hidden away in this old workshop—now a museum.

A rehabilitation center for confiscated, orphaned, and abandoned chimpanzees.

On an idyllic island off the coast of Sierra Leone, remnants of the defense of the slave trade and its later abolition.

After several weeks of radio silence, this abandoned oil tanker washed up on a remote beach in Liberia.

This river island in Sierra Leone is home to impressive biodiversity and the country's first community conservation program.

These ancient Roman burial mounds have stood the test of time.

This poignant WWI memorial looks like a lighthouse 100 miles from the sea.

This wild game of "football" between two sections of an English town has been staged every year for countless centuries.

The longest stone bridge in England has an impressive history that dates back over 700 years.

One of England’s oldest and most haunted inns may have inspired the legend of Sweeney Todd.

One of the four clock faces on this church is mismatched, in a nod to a historic slight.

The world’s second-largest flood defense barrier has protected London for decades.

The ground on which Shakespeare’s initial playhouse once stood.

Where the dead once lay, art now plays.

Visit the WWII bunker where the British won the battle for the skies.

A son-and-daughter meat market, hawked by mom and dad.

This Melbourne bank has unique Gothic-style architectural features and is one of the most majestic operating bank branches in the world.

Children's author May Gibbs's beloved stories about the tiny, human-like "Gumnut Babies" are immortalized in bronze.