The Wildgoose Memorial Library
The Wildgoose Memorial Library is a beautiful oasis.Through a passage, up a staircase, and there you are – in a perfect little cabinet of curios… Read the rest
The Old Curiosity Shop
The Old Curiosity Shop
With its precarious overhanging upper storey, uneven floorboards, sloping roof and wooden beams, this 16th century building w… Read the rest
London: The Embassy of the Republic of Texas
The Embassy of the Republic of Texas
An alleyway plaque is all that remains of the independent Texas’.Built in 1730, the distinguished propert… Read the rest
Camden Stables Market
Camden Stables Market gets its name from its previous incarnation as a horse hospital. In Victorian times, the stables were where horses injured pulli… Read the rest
Clock of the Long Now: Prototype 1
Clock of the Long Now: Prototype 1
Sitting in the Science Museum of London is the first prototype for the 10,000 Year Clock, also known as the Clock… Read the rest
The London Stone
The London Stone
This legendary stone is of unknown origin, and throughout history has been a literal touchstone for British leaders.The London Ston… Read the rest
London: The Royal Philatelic Collection
The Royal Philatelic Collection is a postage stamp collection owned by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Housed in St. James’s Palace, London, it is sai… Read the rest
Alnwick Poison Gardens
Alnwick Poison Gardens contains about 100 legendary killers like Atropa belladonna (deadly nightshade), Strychnos nux-vomica (strychnine), and Conium… Read the rest
The Kensington Roof Gardens
The Kensington Roof Gardens were built in 1938 on what was, at the time, the Derry & Toms department store building, and thus were long known as D… Read the rest
London: Foundling Museum
Foundling Museum is dedicated to the UK’s first charity for abandoned children, with keepsakes of the mothers who left them behind.
It tells t… Read the rest