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A street performer on Las Ramblas.

Barcelona, Spain

Street Performers of Las Ramblas

The iconic boulevard is the perfect place to catch sight of a bicycling skeleton, a levitating Satan, or a chef with his head stuck in a pizza.

Columns of the Temple of Augustus.

Barcelona, Spain

Columns of the Temple of Augustus

The 2,000-year-old Roman columns are hidden within Barcelona's Gothic Quarter.

El Caganer

Barcelona, Spain

El Caganer

A fantastic Christmas tradition where defecation meets the manger.

Other logs lie in wait for purchase and an eventual fireplace beating

Barcelona, Spain

TiĂł de Nadal

Catalonia Tradition: Beating the hollow Christmas log until it defecates in your fireplace.

Quadrophenia Alley

Brighton, England

Quadrophenia Alley

This tiny alleyway is now a shrine to a subculture riot between the mods and rockers.

Brighton Beach Flint Sculpture Garden

Brighton, England

Brighton Beach Flint Grotto

One fisherman has used his love of pebbles and shore to create a crazy garden of rocky art.

The entrance.

Brighton, England

Old Time Amusements

A vintage penny arcade hidden in the back of a fun fair-themed bar.

The Hepworth Wakefield

Wakefield, England

The Hepworth Wakefield

An art museum dedicated to the sculptor Barbara Hepworth, but it is by no means restricted to her work.

Castlefield Viaduct

Manchester, England

Castlefield Viaduct

A Victorian-era British railway viaduct has been transformed into an elevated garden.

The mouth of the River Fleet, entering the River Thames beneath the Blackfriars Bridge, London.

London, England

The Lost River Fleet

The largest of London's subterranean rivers and once a mad, bad center of London life.

The Holborn Viaduct as seen from Farringdon Street.

London, England

Holborn Viaduct

London’s first road overpass is so old that it was originally built for horse-drawn carriages.

Northern Lighthouse Board

Edinburgh, Scotland

Northern Lighthouse Board

A miniature of a lighthouse acts as a beacon for what transpires inside this location.

The bell.

Edinburgh, Scotland

Netherbow Bell

The bell that once tolled atop a lost Edinburgh gate now hangs for all to see.

Catherine Sinclair Monument

Edinburgh, Scotland

Catherine Sinclair Monument

A rare memorial paying homage to an altruistic woman from the 19th-century.

Close up of Sherlock Holmes’ face with pipe in hand

Edinburgh, Scotland

Sherlock Holmes Statue

Erected in memory of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who was born close to this spot, this statue commemorates the author and his famous detective.

The sculpture.

Edinburgh, Scotland

'Dreaming Spires'

Poetic, metallic giraffes adorn a square off an Edinburgh thoroughfare.

The foot.

Edinburgh, Scotland

'The Manuscript of Monte Cassino'

This sculpture of disembodied body parts forms a poignant memory of the horrors of World War II.

Monument to the Scottish Parliament

Edinburgh, Scotland

Monument to the Scottish Parliament

A stone monument acknowledging Scotland's right to have a separate Parliament from the one in Westminster.

Old Calton Cemetery, Edinburgh, Scotland

Edinburgh, Scotland

Old Calton Cemetery

A 18th century graveyard and its astonishing cortege of macabre iconography.

Georgian House,  # 7.

Edinburgh, Scotland

Charlotte Square

This city square dates back to the Scottish Enlightenment and was home to some of Scotland's brightest minds.

Door Knocker

Edinburgh, Scotland

Door Knocker

A rare and unique example of an 18th-century door latch calls this restaurant home.

Cannonball House

Edinburgh, Scotland

Cannonball House

This cannonball embedded in the side of an Edinburgh house once served a surprisingly pedestrian purpose.

Cramond Lioness.

Edinburgh, Scotland

Cramond Lioness

This Roman relic was discovered in Scotland by a mudlarking ferryman.

The colorful stairs were installed to refresh the formerly seedy staircase.

Edinburgh, Scotland

The Scotsman Steps

The colorful stairs are made with marble from the world's major quarries.

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