Istanbul, Turkey
Theodosian Wall Stone Ladder
Climb a set of vertiginous stone steps to the top of this impressive ancient edifice.
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Istanbul, Turkey
Climb a set of vertiginous stone steps to the top of this impressive ancient edifice.
London, England
Scattered throughout London are ancient remnants of the city's former bounding wall.
London, England
The final resting place to 300 Victorian-era pets hides inside the city park.
London, England
An incarceration museum on the spot of possibly the oldest prison in England.
London, England
This 1920s Dutch barge is now a floating bookstore.
London, England
Rebuilt remains of a temple to Roman god Mithras.
London, England
Several plaster noses are hidden in plain sight around London's Soho neighborhood.
London, England
A 1,215-foot tunnel transports pedestrians beneath the River Thames.
London, England
A student driver's nightmare.
London, England
One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.
London, England
This South London cemetery holds the remains of more than 15,000 people.
London, England
Banksy gives themself artistic license with this piece of London street art.
London, England
Winding paths and ramshackle mausoleums in the oldest "park cemetery" in London.
London, England
The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.
London, England
Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.
London, England
This churchyard arbor is surrounded by hundreds of gravestones placed there by author Thomas Hardy.
London, England
This shop and gallery is a modern-day cabinet of curiosities, unassumingly positioned along an urban thoroughfare.
London, England
One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.
London, England
A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.
London, England
London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.
London, England
This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.
Reykjavik, Iceland
Iceland's tribute to its thankless civil servants.