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Fresco erotic scene in the Lupanar

Pompeii, Italy

The Brothels of Pompeii

Erotic art covers the walls of the largest ancient pleasure palace.

Duke of Wellington Statue

Glasgow, Scotland

Duke of Wellington Statue

This stately monument has been wearing a traffic cone hat for decades much to the delight of the locals.

Cat Statues of York

York, England

Cat Statues of York

A century-old tradition has culminated in a small but singular collection of feline effigies.

Ait Benhaddou

Aït Ben Haddou, Morocco

Kasbah Aït Benhaddou

A fortified city, home to a remaining population of five families

A seemingly busy Gdansk Shipyard.

Gdańsk, Poland

Gdańsk Shipyard

A floundering Polish shipyard was once the soul of the Solidarity movement that capsized communism.

Battersea Power Staion

London, England

Battersea Power Station

Pop culture has helped to keep this iconic British building from being destroyed.

A statue at KattenKabinet

Amsterdam, Netherlands

KattenKabinet

Cat art as far as the eye can see.

The World Through Wooden Eyes
Permanently Closed

Glasgow, Scotland

The World Through Wooden Eyes

This collection of historic puppets honors centuries of the craft.

Toad automaton.

Bourton-on-the-Water, England

Dragonfly Maze

Puzzles within puzzles hide a golden treasure in this hedge maze.

The Fungo

Lacco Ameno, Italy

The Fungo Mushroom Rock

A mushroom-shaped outcropping that has come to be the symbol for an entire town.

Musee du Santon

Marseille, France

Musee du Santon

This folk museum is devoted to small figurines of provincial village life.

Rothesay Victorian Loos

Rothesay, Scotland

Rothesay Victorian Loos

A bay of elaborate, historic toilets are held in high esteem at this Scottish dock.

Victoria Woodhull Memorial

Tewkesbury, England

Victoria Woodhull Memorial

An English cenotaph honoring an American feminist icon.

Spencer Perceval Memorial

London, England

Spencer Perceval Memorial

A place of remembrance for the Prime Minister that met a violent end.

Birnam Oak

Birnam, Scotland

Birnam Oak and Sycamore

Macbeth's infamous "Great Birnam Wood."

Fahrenheit Monument

Gdańsk, Poland

Fahrenheit Monument

This antique thermometer honors the creator of the first universal temperature scale.

The Gdansk Astronomical Clock

Gdańsk, Poland

Gdansk Astronomical Clock

A huge wooden clock that is so beautiful its creator was forcibly blinded.

Capilano Suspension Bridge

North Vancouver, British Columbia

Capilano Suspension Bridge

This expansive bridge in the Canadian wilderness was originally just built for friends.

Monument to the Defenders of the Polish Post Office

Gdańsk, Poland

Monument to the Defenders of the Polish Post Office

Modern art commemorates one of the first military actions of World War II.

Innerpeffray Library

Crieff, Scotland

Library of Innerpeffray

Scotland's first free lending library, which protects literacy through inheritance.

Museum of the History of Lithuanian Medicine and Pharmacy

Kaunas, Lithuania

Museum of the History of Lithuanian Medicine and Pharmacy

Folky pharmaceuticals abound in this medicinal reliquary.

Pelicans of St James's Park

London, England

Pelicans of St James's Park

Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.

Govan Stones

Glasgow, Scotland

Govan Stones

Early Medieval stones sit on display at the beautiful Govan Old Church in Glasgow.

Bibliotheque Mejanes

Aix-en-Provence, France

Bibliotheque Mejanes

A French library that makes sure its love of books is writ large... giant in fact.

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