Camden Town in London, most famous for the Camden Lock Market is a very eccentric place. Vendors line up inside and outside the market. There are goods, food, and just about everything you can imagine that is handcrafted or an antique. T
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Wells Cathedral is known for its Gothic style (the first cathedral to adopt such style in England) and has been standing since 1175. Besides its history, the church likes to boast that it is perhaps the most beautiful cathedral in England, and I cannot disagree. The hidden gardens and sprawling grounds are magnificent.
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Follow the Thames to the west, away from London and you'll stumble upon Windsor. Hosting one of the official residences of the British Royal Family at Windsor Castle, the would be small city is a major tourist attraction.
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Windsor Castle is an official residence for the Royal Family nestled away in Windsor, England, about 23 miles away from London. A portion of the castle is open for visitors to see and experience the living spaces of royalty. No touching anything of course, but the rooms are gilded with gold and silks.
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Longleat is an English home in Warminster, home to the Marquesses of Bath. It served primarily as a residence and today has been renovated to be a family destination, with tours of certain parts of the house, a theme park, a safari park, gardens and a cafe.
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The Victoria and Albert Museum or "V&A" is a staple in London, England. They claim to be the world's "leading museum of art and design" and I won't argue with that. The walls are adorned with pieces, modern and antiquated. My first brush with this place came as a school assignment back when I was studying abroad in London. I returned with friends recently as we made a pit stop in London.
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The High Line is a relatively recent addition to New York City. It opened partially in 2006 and opened completely in 2014. Once a functional train line used to carry goods, the above ground tracks are now repurposed as public space.
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Down at King's Cross Station there is an array of shops and little eateries. The impressive architecture of the building lends to the grandiosity of it. To the right side of the main areas, there's a secret place where wizards gather to send their children off to school at Hogwarts. I'm talking about Platform 9 3/4. For some reason, some poor wizard's cart got stuck and us muggles are able to not only see the cart, but push it along too! Don't tell the Ministry of Magic!
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Edinburgh Castle sits at one end of the Royal Mile while the active Holyrood Palace sits at the other end. The entire structure sits upon a big rock and was really the throne of Scotland for some time. "To control the castle was to hold the keys to the kingdom." This place has seen so much life and death and functions still as part of a military base. Mostly, it serves as a remnant to the past, a window into a different time when kings and queens and warlords owned the earth.
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