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Beamish

Beamish, England

Beamish, the Living Museum of the North

Journey through this open museum where even employees remain true to period.

Wings set against a sunny sky

Gateshead, England

The Angel of the North

Huge winged monument in the United Kingdom.

The William Morris Room in Broadway Tower

Broadway, England

Broadway Tower and Nuclear Bunker

A petite castle folly in the English countryside.

The detailed masonry of prewar Liverpool is gradually being washed away.

Waterloo, England

Crosby Blitz Beach

Much of what constituted mid-century Liverpool now litters a beach outside of town.

Exterior.

Liverpool, England

Western Approaches Museum

The grand complex of buildings that comprise Liverpool's Exchange Flags includes a vast World War II bunker that has been frozen in time.

Superlambanana

Liverpool, England

Superlambanana

Created as a punny statement about genetic engineering this monstrous hybrid statue has become a beloved icon.

Winchester Round Table in the Great Hall, Dendrochronology dating has placed it at 1275.

Winchester, England

Winchester Round Table

A medieval replica of King Arthur's legendary table, the Round Table hanging in Winchester Castle was decorated by Henry VIII.

Vicars' Close

Somerset, England

Vicars' Close

The oldest residential street in Europe also features an optical illusion.

Newman Brothers Coffin Works.

Birmingham, England

Newman Brothers Coffin Works

England's foremost purveyor of funeral furniture hasn't changed a bit since the 1960s.

Maharajah's Well

Stoke Row, England

Maharajah's Well

A well for a well, this anachronistically Indian-styled water pit was built in its small town home in gratitude for a similar favor.

The warrior birds memorial

Worthing, England

Warrior Birds Memorial

An eccentric memorial garden to the "warrior" birds of World War I, the messenger pigeons used by the Allied forces.

The elephant sculpture by Kendra Haste.

London, England

The Tower of London Menagerie

These wire animal sculptures commemorate the exotic inhabitants that once called the Tower of London home.

Graffiti.

London, England

Beauchamp Tower

Graffiti from the 16th and 17th centuries cover the walls of this part of the Tower of London.

The Paddington Bear statue at Paddington station.

London, England

Paddington Bear Statue

After nearly 60 years, there's still a bear at Paddington Station looking for help.

Trellick Tower

London, England

Trellick Tower

This iconic high-rise residential block was one of the last to be built in the Brutalist style.

The original wooden and coated wax statue of the Infant Jesus in Prague.

Prague, Czechia

Museum of the Infant Jesus

This Czech church doubles as something of a permanent fashion exhibition for a statue of the Infant Jesus.

The Prague Metronome slicing through summer skies. (Macskafaraok/Flickr)

Prague, Czechia

Prague Metronome

Steadily reminding Czechia of its past.

Tableau on the Charles Bridge depicting Saint John at the bottom of the Vltava River.

Prague, Czechia

Location of Saint John of Nepomuk's Martyrdom

A plaque marks the spot where the saint was shoved off the Charles Bridge and into the river.

Old Jewish Cemetery of Prague.

Prague, Czechia

Old Jewish Cemetery

Around 100,000 bodies are buried below the medieval headstones, many of which mark graves with multiple bodies stacked up to 12 deep.

The paternoster lift at the Prague City Hall.

Prague, Czechia

Paternoster Lift

This doorless 20th-century elevator doesn't stop or slow down.

The memorial.

Prague, Czechia

Velvet Revolution Monument

Nine bronze hands protruding from a wall honor the student uprising that led to the fall of Czechoslovakia's Communist government.

The meridian line.

Prague, Czechia

Prague Meridian

The slender brass strip in Prague's Old Town Square was used to tell time from 1652 to 1918.

Prague Astronomical Clock

Prague, Czechia

Prague Astronomical Clock

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

The mummified forearm

Prague, Czechia

The Thief's Arm at Kostel Sv. Jakuba Vetsiho

A 400-year-old mummified arm dangles from the ceiling of St. James the Greater, serving as a warning to thieves.

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