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derWaliser

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A Welshman turned German looking to discover the obscure.

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Panyer Boy stone carving.

London, England

Panyer Boy

A mysterious carving from 17th-century London seemingly depicts a young boy sitting on a bread basket.

Memorial to Heroic Self Sacrifice

London, England

Postman's Park: Memorial to Heroic Self Sacrifice

A quiet memorial to those who died saving others in the heart of the City of London.

King Henry VIII at Barts Hospital in London.

London, England

Henry VIII Gatehouse Statue

London's only public statue of the much-married monarch adorns the gate to St Bartholomew’s Hospital.

William Wallace Memorial

London, England

William Wallace Memorial

A plaque hangs near the execution place of the Scottish Independence leader famously depicted in "Braveheart."

London's first public drinking fountain, set into railings of St Sepulchre-Without-Newgate

London, England

The First Public Drinking Fountain

Public access to clean drinking water was an instant hit among the masses.

The bell.

London, England

St. Sepulchre's Execution Bell

On the eve of a condemned prisoner's death, this bell rang 12 times outside their cell.

Golden Boy of Pye Corner

London, England

The Golden Boy at Pye Corner

A portly statue of a golden boy commemorates an unusual cause of the Great Fire of London: the sin of gluttony.

Platform 9 3/4

London, England

Platform 9 3/4

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

The Cedar of Lebanon.
Permanently Closed

London, England

World's Largest Potted Plant

The cedar tree in Highgate Cemetery earned its title by accident.

Highgate Cemetery

London, England

Highgate Cemetery

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

Inside the tomb of Sultan Selim II

Istanbul, Turkey

Tombs of the Sultans

Five sultans and their families rest in eternal splendor, teeming with overlooked beauty and drama.

Istanbul Tunel Karaköy Beyoğlu

Istanbul, Turkey

Tünel

Climb a steep hill in 90 seconds on the second-oldest urban subway in the world.

Rheinturm

Dusseldorf, Germany

Rheinturm

This futuristic German television spire is actually the world's largest digital clock.

The Wuppertal "kaiserwagen" which once carried the German Emperor.

Wuppertal, Germany

Schwebebahn Wuppertal

This "floating railway" is one of the world's oldest monorail systems.

Stari Most

Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Stari Most

Bridge that died in war and was resurected.

The Sarajevo Tunnel

Ilidža, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Sarajevo War Tunnel Museum

This museum preserves the hand-dug tunnel that kept Sarajevo afloat during the Serbian siege.

Sarajevo Bobsleigh Track

Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Sarajevo Bobsleigh Track

A war-torn Olympic relic is being overtaken by graffiti and nature.

The Old Jewish Cemetery in Sarajevo

Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Old Jewish Cemetery of Sarajevo

This historic cemetery was inaccessible for several years due to dozens of land mines.

There are many different styles of stećci

Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Stećci

Some of the best-preserved specimens of the monumental medieval tombstones found throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Sternenweg Sculpture

Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Sternenweg Sculpture

This enormous abstract sculpture is part jungle gym, part elaborate noise-making machine.

Child's Tomb at Old St. Michael the Archangel Church

Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Child's Tomb at Old St. Michael the Archangel Church

Place with alleged mystical powers in Old Orthodox Church in Sarajevo.

October 14, 2016, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Museum of the Assassination of Franz Ferdinand and latin Bridge

Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Museum of the Assassination of Franz Ferdinand

The place where World War I began.

Bascarsija

Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bascarsija

Oriental bazaar in the heart of Sarajevo.

A Sarajevo Rose.

Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Sarajevo Roses

A number of craters left by fatal mortar strikes have been filled with red resin to remember those lost during the Siege of Sarajevo.

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