London Zoo's famous buildings are nearly all used for something other than their original purpose, and the aquarium under the Mappin Terraces closed for good in 2019.
Under construction from the 3rd century BC to the 16th century AD, the Great Wall of China stretches from east to west across one of the largest countries in the world.
Oxford Street became permanently traffic-free on 26 October 2026, under a development corporation that took planning powers from Westminster and Camden in August 2026.
The building closed in September 2025 until 2030, what has moved and what is still open, where the collection can be seen in the meantime, the architects older accounts never name, the colour code, and the corrections on the collection's size and the Warhol.
West Carriage Drive is the boundary: the Serpentine and the granite Diana fountain are in Hyde Park, while the Long Water, the Albert Memorial and Peter Pan are in Kensington Gardens. The Queen's State Apartments are shut until spring 2027.
Kew is two organisations on one site: the Royal Botanic Gardens and Historic Royal Palaces. Samuel Fortrey was Flemish, not Dutch; the botanic garden was founded in 1759, not 1751; the Crystal Palace was never here; and the Palm House closes from 2027.
Timed tickets and the two entrances, the tower's growth to 330 metres, the construction figures, the troubled twentieth repainting and the colour-vote claim that is false, how radio saved it from demolition, Wulf's cosmic-ray measurement, the current restaurants, and the copyright on night photographs.
The national vow of 1870 and the contested siting on Montmartre, Paul Abadie and the five architects who finished the basilica, the self-whitening stone, La Savoyarde, the dome climb, and the perpetual adoration unbroken since 1885.
The lift out of service and the underground way in, the corrected dimensions and the architect older accounts never name, Napoleon's canvas arch of 1810 and his funeral cortege of 1840, the flame rekindled nightly, the Christo wrapping and the 2018 damage, and why the monument can be seen from so far.
