Lord's, London

The red-brick Pavilion at Lord's during a Test in August 2017. Built in 1889 and 1890, it holds the Long Room that players walk through on the way to the middle, and the dressing-room honors boards where a Test century or five-wicket haul is painted in gold. Lord's has been the home of the Marylebone Cricket Club since 1814, and the ground slopes about two and a half meters from one side to the other, which bowlers still have to learn. Directly opposite stands the pod-shaped Media Centre, which won the Stirling Prize for architecture in 1999. Capacity is about 31,000.