Manchester, England
Jules Rimet Trophy Replica
The fake World Cup prize was secretly created after the first one was stolen in 1966.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Madrid, Spain
La Posada del Peine (Comb Inn)
In this 400-year-old hotel in Madrid, you'll find a comb in every room, an old clock, and maybe a ghost.
Thiers, France
Musée de la Coutellerie (Thiers Cutlery Museum)
The history of knife-making in this French city is explored through this museum.
Aranjuez, Spain
Estanque de los Chinescos (Chinese Pond)
This 18th-century pond is one of the main attractions in the Jardín del Príncipe in Aranjuez.
London, England
Stables Market
Catacombs turned marketplace.
Madrid, Spain
Torres Blancas
Meant to resemble a massive tree, the building is the best example of Spanish organicist architecture in Madrid.
Madrid, Spain
Nave de Motores de Pacífico (Pacifico Engine Shed)
Built to power trains, the engines in this building provided the entire city of Madrid with electricity during the Spanish Civil War.
Lisbon, Portugal
Casa Fernando Pessoa
A museum dedicated to one of Portugal's most celebrated writers.
Loiba, Spain
El Mejor Banco del Mundo (The Best Bench in the World)
This humble bench is considered the most beautiful in the world.
Madrid, Spain
Kiosko de Horchata Miguel y José
Madrid's last horchata kiosk is a blue-and-white beacon of refreshment.
Madrid, Spain
House of the Seven Chimneys
Known as the Casa de las Siete Chimeneas, this haunted 16th-century manor has a dark, mysterious past.
London, England
Peace Garden at Tavistock Square
A quiet, semi-secret square with statues of Mahatma Gandhi, Virginia Woolf, and a conscientious objectors stone.
Girona, Spain
Pont de les Peixateries Velles (Eiffel Bridge)
Designed by Gustave Eiffel before his famed tower.
London, England
Café in the Crypt
This coffee shop lies hidden beneath a historic church.
London, England
Fleet Air Arm Memorial
A haunting monument dedicated to the Royal Naval Air Service and the Fleet Air Arm.
London, England
Memorial to the Women of World War II
The bronze uniforms commemorate the vital role of women during World War II.
London, England
Cleopatra's Needle Shrapnel Scars
This ancient Egyptian obelisk still bears the wounds of World War I.
London, England
Temple Bar Memorial Dragon
The fierce beast perches atop a pedestal marking where the historic City of London gates once stood.
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
Mold Gold Cape
This intriguing Bronze Age artifact spent centuries hidden within a Welsh faerie hill.
London, England
Wolf-God of Woodeaton
A gruesome and mysterious ancient sculpture of a pagan deity from the Roman occupation of Celtic Britain.
London, England
The Lewis Chessmen
These mysterious Viking chess pieces spent centuries hidden on a remote Scottish island.
London, England
The Soho Square Hut
The Tudor-style cottage in the middle of the square is not quite what it seems.
London, England
Hoa Hakananai'a
The "lost friend” is the most famous of the six moai statues that were removed from Easter Island.
