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Notre-Dame des Récollets

Verviers, Belgium

Notre-Dame des Récollets

This statue of the Virgin and Child is said to have miraculously changed its position during the 1692 earthquake.

Charmille of Haut-Marêt

Theux, Belgium

Charmille of Haut-Marêt

Europe's longest Hornbeam tunnel.

‘Arc Majeur’ by Bernard Venet

Rochefort, Belgium

‘Arc Majeur’ by Bernard Venet

This work of art, which took 35 years to complete, has a motorway running through it.

Sourdough Library

Sankt Vith, Belgium

Sourdough Library

Burbling away in refrigerators are 105 sourdough starters from around the world.

Inscription of the East portal.

Andenne, Belgium

‘Dogs Out of God’s House’ Inscription

Old signage above the doors of a church with an amusing backstory.

Six Fontaines

Herve, Belgium

Six Fontaines

A Belgian town divided its water supply into six troughs, each with a specific use.

Museum Het Schip

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Museum Het Schip

An Amsterdam School landmark combining a museum and social housing.

Civil unrest on a small scale.

Hamburg, Germany

Miniatur Wunderland

Model Trains and Much More in Hamburg.

St. Nicholas' Church

Hamburg, Germany

St. Nicholas' Church

Once the tallest building in the world, this abandoned church is now a monument to the destruction of WWII.

Der Pudel auf dem Dach (The Poodle on the Roof)

Hamburg, Germany

Der Pudel auf dem Dach (The Poodle on the Roof)

Hidden in plain sight on a gable between two towers on the roof of shipping firm F. Laeisz' headquarter in Hamburg sits an unexpected bronze sculpture.

Oberhafen-kantine.

Hamburg, Germany

Oberhafen-Kantine

This dockworkers' lunch joint has been left leaning by a century of storm floods.

Péiter Onrou

Luxembourg, Luxembourg

Péiter Onrou (Restless Peter)

In 1907, writer Nikolaus Welter invented a fictitious Voodoo tradition around this statue of a reclining Christ — which has since become a reality.

Twinings tea shop on the Strand.

London, England

Twinings Tea Shop

A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.

'Merry-Go-Round'

London, England

'Merry-Go-Round' Painting

A haunting painting meant to capture the calamity of World War I.

Tower Hill Execution Site

London, England

Tower Hill Execution Site

A memorial for public executions that dates back to the 14th century.

Cercle solaire du Kiischpelt

Kiischpelt, Luxembourg

Kiischpelt’s Solar Circle

This modest monument marks the only point of intersection between longitude and latitude in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

This classic London pub has a surprising history behind it.

London, England

John Snow

Named for a doctor who made a breakthrough in London’s cholera epidemic, this 1800s pub was also the site of a queer “kiss-in.”

La Fourvière Funicular

Lyon, France

La Fourvière Funicular

The world's first funicular powered by a steam engine.

Statue of the Prophet Daniel on the Metz Cathedral

Metz, France

Statue of the Prophet Daniel on the Metz Cathedral

A neo-gothic statue modeled on German Emperor Kaiser Wilhelm II, which had its distinctive mustache shaved off by Nazis in World War II.

The restored column, known as the Mirakelkolom.

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Mirakelkolom

A pillar is all that remains of a church built to honor a peculiar miracle.

This unusual linear clock shows the time all around the world.

London, England

The World Time Today

Tucked away in a London Tube station, this 1920s linear clock shows the time across the world all at once.

Byward Tower Hand

London, England

Byward Tower Hand

A mysterious suspended hand greets unsuspecting visitors at the Tower of London.

Christchurch Greyfriars Church Garden

London, England

Christchurch Greyfriars Church Garden

The ruins of a church destroyed by both the Great Fire of London and the Blitz, now turned into a peaceful garden.

A Chinese water dragon at Kew Gardens.

London, England

Water Dragons of Kew Gardens

These docile dragons are ideal inhabitants for the conservatory greenhouses.

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