In 1952, Queen Elizabeth became monarch of the United Kingdom while vacationing in Aberdare National Park, located in the Central Highlands of Kenya.

BBC: Five-star Kenya without the crowds

Legoland Windsor opened in the United Kingdom in 1996, Legoland California will open this spring and yet another park, possibly in Japan, will open in 2002.

FORBES: Primary colors

In the United Kingdom, the North London Central Mosque (a.k.a. the Finsbury Park Mosque) has been embraced by the British government and is considered an archetype for its effort to counter radicalization by working with the Muslim Brotherhood's "non-violent" Islamists.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: A shrine to Shariah?