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Cleopatra's Needle.

London, England

Cleopatra's Needle Shrapnel Scars

This ancient Egyptian obelisk still bears the wounds of World War I.

I Goat

London, England

I Goat

Spitalfields' regal market goat is said to be a monument to the area's migrant population but most are pretty sure it's just a goat.

Tower Bridge Chimney.

London, England

Tower Bridge Chimney

An architectural oddity hides in plain sight on this iconic London bridge.

A street scene of St. Giles before the flood

London, England

The London Beer Flood

On October 17, 1814, a 15-ft. wave of beer ran rampant through the streets of London.

The epitaph to the unknown London girl

London, England

Tomb of the Unknown London Girl

The remains of an ancient Roman teenager are memorialized at the base of a modern London landmark.

Childhood Cube by Sarah Raphael

London, England

V&A Museum of Childhood

A museum wholly devoted to juvenescence.

The marker.

London, England

Tyburn Tree Marker

Never actually a tree at all, this spot was the site of London's public hangings for nearly 600 years.

Trench armour

London, England

The Imperial War Museum London

This massive collection of British military artifacts includes the heartbreaking personal letters of the men in the trenches of WWI.

The railcars atop the club.

London, England

Village Underground

Artists and musicians now rule over this former rail station.

SS Richard Montgomery's eerie masts at low tide

England

Wreck of the SS Richard Montgomery

No one is sure what to do with this WWII shipwreck that sits at the bottom of the Thames, still loaded with tons of explosives.

Pedestrian passageway

London, England

Greathead Tunneling Shield

At Bank station, the tunneling shield that built the original Waterloo & City line tunnel is hiding in plain sight

Lenné-Dreieck as it appears today

Berlin, Germany

Lenné-Dreieck

A small wedge of East Berlin was once on the wrong side of the Berlin Wall

Jubilee Clock Tower Time Ball

Brighton and Hove, England

Jubilee Clock Tower Time Ball

Atop this iconic central Brighton monument sits an inaccurate but innovative time keeping device

Computer Game Museum Berlin

Berlin, Germany

Computer Game Museum Berlin

The Guinness Book acknowledged one of the biggest and oldest collections of computer games, featuring a strange 'pain machine' that blurs the boundaries between the digital and the real world

Strawberry Fields Memorial

New York, New York

Strawberry Fields Memorial

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

Trinity Church cementery

New York, New York

Trinity Churchyard

This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.

Streets Beach

Brisbane, Australia

Streets Beach

Brisbane's manmade urban beach has enough water to fill five Olympic-sized swimming pools.

Unlucky Mummy

London, England

Unlucky Mummy

A relic from ancient Egypt that is purported to have a curse associated with it

Scissor Arches

Wells, England

Scissor Arches

An architectural masterpiece which came in time to solve a dramatic situation inside this magnificent cathedral

The Ladders to Heaven

Bath, England

The Ladders to Heaven

Legend has it that Bishop Oliver King dreamed of angels ascending to heaven and ordered the church's reconstruction in the late 1400s

Berlin Wall Memorial

Berlin, Germany

Berlin Wall Memorial

The largest stretch of the Berlin Wall is right on top of the former SS headquarters

The sculpture in memory of Knautschke at the Berlin zoo

Berlin, Germany

Knautschke

A war-scarred hippo calf nursed from the ruins into a symbol of Berlin resilience

Cressing Temple Barns

Braintree, England

Cressing Temple Barns

Among Europe's oldest timber barns, built by the Knights Templar

Lexden Mount

Colchester, England

Lexden Mount

An ancient burial mound located on the western outskirts of Colchester

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