People find all kinds of interesting things in their basement – antiques, memoirs, collectables. But don't try to swap stories with the proprietors of Guildhall Yard in London, because their story... »

Architectural Oddities, Incredible Ruins, Subterranean Sites | Edited by Mark_Casey, Rachel and 2 others

It's not uncommon to long for times past, when things were simple – when everyone watched the same TV shows, or when all you needed for a strong national defense was a sturdy wall. Fortunately,... »

Architectural Oddities, Incredible Ruins, Subterranean Sites | Edited by Mark_Casey, Rachel and others

Stables Market has been much extended with a wealth of new traders in the area of the old Catacombs and Arches at the north end. This has made a visit to Stables even more fascinating with... »

Commercial Curiosities | Edited by Piedrasmagicas and Rachel

Housed in the attic of St. Thomas Church, Britan's oldest surviving operating theater looks much as it might have in 1822. One surgeon who operated there described it thus: "the first two rows... »

Pharmacy Museums, Medical Museums | Edited by Dylan, Henry and 2 others

This small and quiet park has a hidden gem, a wall of memorial plaques opened in 1900, commemorating the bravery of ordinary people, policemen and firemen who gave their own lives to save another.... »

Unusual Monuments, Memento Mori | Edited by gemb and Rachel

At the Parthenon in Athens, Greece in 1850, a tiny owlet fell from its nest and into the hands of wicked children. The tiny bird was spotted by a young woman who, sure it was about to be tortured... »

Fascinating Fauna, Museums and Collections, Unique Collections, Hunting and Taxidermy | Edited by Rachel, Annetta and others

Held in a custom-made acrylic tank filled with a 10% solution of formol-saline, the giant squid at the center of the London Natural History Museum Spirit Collection was caught off the coast of the... »

Watery Wonders, Fascinating Fauna, Natural History | Edited by Annetta, Rachel and others

In a dimly lit Victorian building with rickety staircases, the china dolls and tin soldiers sit patiently on dusty shelves awaiting their visitors. The toy theatres of the 1800's, an all but... »

Unique Collections, Commercial Curiosities, Purveyors of Curiosities | Edited by serflac and Rachel

Post-medieval London was a place of decency, civility and god-fearing. But post-medieval suburbs of London were another story, filled with prostitution, disease and mass burial in Cross Bones... »

Memento Mori, Catacombs, Crypts, & Cemeteries | Edited by serflac, atimian and others

Excellent place to discover when visiting London. In fact, a real surprise, because once you are reaching the building either from the Thames side or from the Strand you are intrigued by the... »

Outsider Architecture | Edited by Byron