I think everybody is familiar with the Queen's residence in England, also better known as the Buckingham Palace. No matter how many photos you have seen of this place, seeing it in person is amazing. It's a beautiful architectural structure, and the gardens surrounding it are amazingly green and very pleasant to take a walk around in. It is a lot of fun to sit by the fountain and watch the seemingly frozen guards safe keep the palace, and a fun place to come take pictures and stroll around. You can even take a guided tour of the castle.

Though everyone wants to go and see it, once you get there it's crowded and surrounding by large gates. When I visited, we couldn't take a tour through the palace. Visiting the palace is mostly like seeing a large building surround by gates, with guards.

Besides being the official London residence of the Queen, Buckingham Palace is also the busy administrative headquarters of the monarchy and has probably the most famous and easily recognisable façade of any building in the world. Although Buckingham Palace is furnished and decorated with priceless works of art that form part of the Royal Collection, one of the major art collections in the world today, it is not an art gallery, nor is it a museum. Its State Rooms form the nucleus of the working palace and are used regularly by the Queen and members of the Royal Family for official and state entertaining. Buckingham Palace is one of the world's most familiar buildings, and more than 50,000 people visit the palace each year as guests to banquets, lunches, dinners, receptions, and Royal Garden Parties.

The Changing of the Guard is neat to see in person, but get there early so that you can see it. Also stick around to get pictures of the Palace after.

Well, of course, when in London, you must see Buckingham Palace. You can take a look at the history of the building and snap some pictures of the outside, but this is not an all day thing. We hit this first, as our hotel was like a half a mile from the palace complex.

You may want to try and come during a palace guard change and parade. But remember that it will get crowded fast, so stake your spot for your photo ops.