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Phone box showing two sides with dioramas.

Ormskirk, England

The Time Tardis

This classic red telephone box is now a community art installation celebrating local history.

Where Argleton should be.

Aughton, England

Argleton, Lancashire

The town of Argleton has a postal code and appears on maps and even real estate listings, yet it does not exist.

One of the alcoves near one of the crypt's windows

Liverpool, England

Luytens’ Crypt

A neoclassical crypt hides under Liverpool’s modernist cathedral.

One of the open areas inside the market

Las Condes, Chile

Centro Artesanal Los Dominicos

What was once rural farmland owned by the Dominican Order is now an artisanal crafts market enveloped by Santiago’s urban sprawl.

Garching Maypole

Garching bei München, Germany

Garching Maypole

An enormous hand-carved and painted pole.

Herman the Bull

Leiden, Netherlands

De stal van Stier Herman

The world's first transgenic bovine has been preserved at the museum where he spent his final years—though his old stable is now a cafe.

Einstein's Chair

Leiden, Netherlands

Einstein's Chair

Albert Einstein would often sit in this chair during visits to the observatory to discuss science with Willem de Sitter.

Hortus Botanicus Leiden

Leiden, Netherlands

Hortus Botanicus Leiden

A 'living museum' in Leiden, the oldest of its kind in the Netherlands.

Homunculus Loxodontus

Leiden, Netherlands

'Zhdun' (Homunculus Loxodontus)

This Dutch art piece became a Russian icon.

Inside the house.

Leiden, Netherlands

Ehrenfesthuis (Ehrenfest House)

The house of physicists Paul Ehrenfest was also a temporary dwelling and study for his good friend Albert Einstein.

De Leidse Zeemijn

Leiden, Netherlands

De Leidse Zeemijn (Leiden's Naval Mine)

The remnants of a WWI naval mine that once terrorized the country now decorates a street.

Museum Boerhaave

Leiden, Netherlands

Museum Boerhaave

A former plague hospital turned medical museum.

Vrouwekerk

Leiden, Netherlands

Vrouwekerk

Only a few walls remain of the last church the Pilgrims used before they sailed to North America.

Snel's Grave - he died in 1626

Leiden, Netherlands

Willebrord Snellius' Grave

One of the great math minds of the 17th century is underfoot in this 900 year old Dutch church.

Exterior of the church.

Leiden, Netherlands

Ludolph van Ceulen Memorial

A 14th-century church holds a unique monument to a German mathematician who dedicated his life to calculating the value of pi.

The cemetery.

Leiden, Netherlands

Graveyard Groenesteeg

This early 19th-century graveyard is the final resting place of Vincent van Gogh's mother.

Kabouterhuisje van Elmer (Elmer's Gnome House)

Leiden, Netherlands

Kabouterhuisje van Elmer (Elmer's Gnome House)

A tiny house showcases the busy life of a local gnome.

Temple of Taffeh.

Leiden, Netherlands

Temple of Taffeh

An ancient Egyptian temple sits within a modern European museum.

Bagage.

Leiden, Netherlands

'Bagage'

A striking memorial to the Jews of Leiden who were murdered during World War II is scattered throughout the city.

Kiekmonument

Leiden, Netherlands

Israël Kiek Memorial

A memorial commemorating the man whose name became synonymous with taking a picture in the Netherlands.

A runny-yolked egg is the crowing glory to a ham-and-cheese pancake.

Leiden, Netherlands

Oudt Leyden

This institution has been serving up some of the best pancakes in the Netherlands for over a century.

One of the looms in the loom hall.

Macclesfield, England

Paradise Mill

Now a museum, this building is one of the last surviving silk mills in Macclesfield.

The Brill Building

New York, New York

The Brill Building

Some of the world’s most popular songs came out of this building.

The walkway through the temples.

Tarxien, Malta

Ħal Tarxien Prehistoric Complex

One of Malta’s most important Neolithic sites sits in a suburban area south of the country’s capital.

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