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London, England

River Tyburn Conduit

A plaque marks the underground site of one of London's "lost rivers."
London, England

The Churchill War Rooms

The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.
London, England

The Vincent Street Fireplace

A lasting remnant of the London Blitz.
London, England

'Merry-Go-Round' Painting

A haunting painting meant to capture the calamity of World War I.
London, England

The Clockmakers' Museum

This museum inside a museum tells the story of London's timepieces.
London, England

Darwin Centre Spirit Collection

Repository for more than 22 million pickled specimens.
London, England

Finch and Co Antiques

English antique dealers with a taste for the unusual.
London, England

'Potteries and Piggeries' Bottle Kiln

A relic from one of London's worst 19th-century slums.
London, England

Fulham Pottery Kiln

Crafted by one of the first makers of stoneware in England.
London, England

Chelsea Physic Garden

London's old-school healing garden.
London, England

Linley Sambourne House

Home of one of history's most famous cartoonists just as he left it.
London, England

The Churchill Arms

This pub was 238 years old when it decided to revamp its image: It started serving Thai food.
London, England

Books for Cooks

This bookstore serves recipes from the cookbooks on sale.
London, England

Museum of Brands

Collection dedicated to brands, packaging and advertising.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Sparks Shot Tower

One of the oldest of its kind.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The Irish Memorial at Penn's Landing

An Irish Memorial commemorating those who perished due to potato blight.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Rocky Statue

Yo, Adrian!
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Mummers Museum

A museum dedicated to the strange and extravagant costumes and memorabilia of the mummers, a tradition older than Philadelphia itself.
New York, New York

Old City Hall Station

A beautiful and abandoned New York subway station from 1904, complete with chandelier.
Boston, Massachusetts

The Great Spring

A tiny plaque marks the location of the water source that facilitated the birth of modern-day Boston.
Boston, Massachusetts

USS Constitution

Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.
Huntington Park, California

Saydel Inc.

Where religious effigies, magic soaps, and occult candles are brought to customers at wholesale prices.
Poznań, Poland

St. Martin’s Croissant Museum

The traditional Polish croissant, folded 81 times into the shape of a horseshoe, is a legally protected cultural treat.
Tustin, California

Tustin Blimp Hangar #2

This enormous World War II relic is one of the largest wooden structures in the world.