Construction of Barcelona’s iconic (but controversial) church was finally completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.

This smaller cousin of the Forbidden City has gone from ancestral sacrifice to tourist's whispers.

The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.

The world's longest outdoor covered escalator system transports commuters through Hong Kong's hilly terrain.

A colossal floating restaurant built to look like a ancient Chinese imperial palace.

Climb to the top of the world's largest seated bronze Buddha.

Once an indicator of social class, the color blue has come to define this city on the edge of the Thar Desert.

Modest by day, illuminated majestically at sunset.

More than half of this Indian palace is drowned but it looks all the more spectacular for it.

A recently restored Shoreditch landmark with ties to Jack the Ripper.

Taxidermied animals galore, by appointment only.

This luxury shopping lane has been protected by its own tiny police force for over a century.

A community of artists and entrepreneurs seeks a simpler life on London's waterways.

The Columbia Road Flower Market is now open every Sunday, rain or shine.

A glorious pub known for a spiteful printing feud and its famous typeface lost—then found—at the bottom of the Thames.

The remains of the great moral philosopher reside in a university in London.

Explore nearly 400 years of English middle-class home life.

London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.

Pop culture has helped to keep this iconic British building from being destroyed.

Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.

Artists and musicians now rule over this former rail station.

This hidden rooftop garden in downtown London offers a quiet respite from a bustling city.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

Scattered throughout London are ancient remnants of the city's former bounding wall.