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bodeane90

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#bodeanetravels (you tube channel) - I just started and am learning… but have been traveling the world for 30+ year. I just heard about you guys and am excited. Right up my alley.

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'Antinous as Vertumnus'

Tokyo, Japan

'Antinous as Vertumnus'

Unbeknownst to most passersby, this marble statue standing outside an office building is a genuine piece of second-century Rome.

Jinnai Shrine

Tokyo, Japan

Jinnai Shrine

This shrine dedicated to a legendary swordsman has become a pilgrimage site for the ill and infirmed.

Japanese Sword Museum

Tokyo, Japan

Japanese Sword Museum

This museum showcases the art of ancient sword-making.

More than 25,000 books were burned on this site.

Frankfurt, Germany

Frankfurt Book Burning Memorial

Somber memorial to the May 10, 1933, book-burning which took place on this spot.

"Pinkelbaum", Frankfurt, Germany

Frankfurt, Germany

Pinkelbaum (Peeing Tree)

After years of being casually peed on by humans, this tree is peeing back.

Halve Maan beer pipeline.

Bruges, Belgium

Halve Maan Brewery Beer Pipeline

A beer pipeline runs beneath Bruges.

Stone work is set into a recently renovated exterior.

Bruges, Belgium

The Devil's Pants

A piece of stonework relief commemorates the site where the Devil's rage, and odd apparel, destroyed a house.

House Bouchoute.

Bruges, Belgium

House Bouchoute

The compass on its front was a handy tool for 17th-century merchants who needed to know the direction of the wind.

The Museum of the National Bank of Belgium.

Brussels, Belgium

Museum of the National Bank of Belgium

One of the oldest bank museums in Europe showcases unusual currencies of the world and other money-related miscellanea.

The war-damaged utility pole of Misuji.

Tokyo, Japan

War-Damaged Utility Pole Monument

A sad reminder of the World War II bombing stands largely unnoticed on a street corner.

Duke of Wellington's step

London, England

The Duke of Wellington’s Mounting Stone

Outside of one of Britain's most renowned social clubs, a step installed specifically for the Duke.

The fountain as seen in 2005.

Frankfurt, Germany

Frau Rauscher Fountain

This German fountain of a legendary apple wine-loving drink thief will spit on you.

The Atomium

Brussels, Belgium

The Atomium

Climb inside an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times its normal size.

Zinneke Pis

Brussels, Belgium

Zinneke Pis

Meet the bronze beloved pet to a family of famous peeing statues.

The Black Tower.

Brussels, Belgium

Black Tower

A fantastical 13th-century fortification sandwiched by a modern hotel in central Brussels.

Hotel del Coronado.

San Diego, California

Hotel del Coronado

L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

The Hungry Tree.

Dublin, Ireland

The Hungry Tree

An 80-year-old plane tree is devouring an iron bench at Ireland's oldest law school.

St. Audoen's Gate.

Dublin, Ireland

Saint Audoen’s Gate

The enchanting archway is the only surviving portal into Dublin’s lost medieval wall.

Sean's Bar

Athlone, Ireland

Sean's Bar

The oldest pub in Ireland may also be the oldest surviving bar in the entire world.

Front view of the dolmen.

Carlow, Ireland

Brownshill Dolmen

This European portal tomb has a capstone that weighs around 150 tons.

The Round Tower of Glendalough

Wicklow, Ireland

The Round Tower of Glendalough

This ancient Irish tower could easily have stood in for Rapunzel's prison.

Gallorus Oratory

Kerry, Ireland

Gallarus Oratory

This single room has survived the centuries with almost no deterioration.

The Hole of the Sorrows

Glenslane, Ireland

The Hole of the Sorrows

This singular Irish dolmen is more Frank Lloyd Wright than upright stonehenge.

Saintly Weepers, possibly six of the Apostles

Kilkenny, Ireland

Jerpoint Abbey

This ancient Irish religious site is covered in ancient carvings, many of which have barely aged.

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