London, England
10 Adam Street
England's most famous front door has an accidental doppelganger.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
London, England
England's most famous front door has an accidental doppelganger.
London, England
London's only public statue of the much-married monarch adorns the gate to St Bartholomew’s Hospital.
London, England
The plunge pool is a surviving relic of a rowdy royal residence.
London, England
These mysterious Viking chess pieces spent centuries hidden on a remote Scottish island.
London, England
In this cobwebbed old operating theater, you can practically hear the screams of the unanesthetized patients.
London, England
A discarded movie prop that was the original monolith for "2001: A Space Odyssey."
Fort Valley, Arizona
At 11,500 feet in elevation, there is no toilet in the state closer to the sky than this one.
New York, New York
A room in New York City that contains 250 cubic yards of dirt.
London, England
This beautiful deer park was built so King Charles I and his court could go hunting while escaping a deadly plague outbreak.
London, England
A plaque marks the underground site of one of London's "lost rivers."
Berlin, Germany
These brass bunnies honor the rabbits that dominated the no-man's-land around the Berlin Wall.
Stockholm, Sweden
This grisly exhibit houses skeletons and weapons from a devastating 14th-century clash.
Stockholm, Sweden
Now a hotel, this former bank was the site of a robbery that spawned a psychological phenomenon.
Stockholm, Sweden
This Stockholm light tower can be controlled by anyone with a smartphone.
Stockholm, Sweden
A rare surviving Victorian greenhouse designed specifically to house giant water lilies.
Stockholm, Sweden
A hidden bathhouse in one of Stockholm's oldest and busiest neighborhoods is open to anyone who can find it.
Stockholm, Sweden
Sweden's first nuclear reactor, R1, can be visited 25 meters underground.
Sierra Vista, Arizona
Out of a desire to feed hungry soldiers, a franchise-altering idea was born.
San Francisco, California
Part mural and part sculpture, this work of art sits in the middle of the Promenade, as if swimming in a river of asphalt towards the ocean.
London, England
A pair of club-wielding guardians stand watch over London's first public clock to feature a minute hand.
London, England
Where Aleister Crowley attempted to seize the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn in a mask and a kilt.
Lansing, Michigan
This mechanical wonder towers above a river in Michigan's capital city.
Seattle, Washington
A frozen relic of Seattle's hydroelectric boom is now a teaching facility for future engineers.
London, England
The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.