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Faux Number 10 Downing Street.

London, England

10 Adam Street

England's most famous front door has an accidental doppelganger.

Memorial to the Women of World War II.

London, England

Memorial to the Women of World War II

The bronze uniforms commemorate the vital role of women during World War II.

Epstein's Medical Sculptures

London, England

Epstein's Medical Sculptures

A series of carved figures that scandalized British society.

Benjamin Franklin House

London, England

Benjamin Franklin House

One of America's founding fathers lived in this London lodging between 1757 and 1775.

A Conversation with Oscar Wilde.

London, England

'A Conversation With Oscar Wilde'

An unusual ode to the late Irish playwright, complete with a squiggly bust and coffin-shaped bench.

The Monty Python foot.

London, England

The Monty Python Foot

The television series' iconic giant foot was borrowed from this classical painting.

Café in the Crypt

London, England

Café in the Crypt

This coffee shop lies hidden beneath a historic church.

'The End' by Heather Phillipson, 2020.

London, England

The Fourth Plinth

Originally meant to hold a statue of King William IV, this support sat empty for years. Today, it hosts a rotating cast of public artwork.

Imperial measurements.

London, England

Trafalgar Square Imperial Measurements

These official units of measurement—including chains and perches—lie hidden beneath tourists' feet in a popular London hub.

The nose on Admiralty Arch.

London, England

Seven Noses of Soho

Several plaster noses are hidden in plain sight around London's Soho neighborhood.

London's smallest police station.

London, England

London's Lilliputian Police Station

London's smallest police station is barely the size of a phone booth.

Castillo Monumento Colomares

Benalmádena, Spain

Castillo Monumento Colomares

A New York–based physician returned home to Spain to build his own elaborate monument to Christopher Columbus.

Almenara Torre Nueva with Gibraltar in the background

La Línea de la Concepción, Spain

Torre Nueva

The defensive tower was built centuries ago to warn locals of Berber pirate attacks.

Winston Churchill Ave. runs across the Gibraltar Airport runway.

Gibraltar

Gibraltar Airport

Single runway interrupted by a busy road that cuts across its middle.

Tunnels inside the Rock of Gibraltar

Gibraltar

Operation Tracer Cave

There was a top secret plan during World War II to seal a group of soldiers inside the rock.

Union Jack Steps

Gibraltar

Union Jack Steps

Red, white, and blue painted steps along with a Union Jack celebrate the outcome of Gibraltar's 1967 referendum.

Roman Walls of Cardiff Castle

Cardiff, Wales

Roman Walls of Cardiff Castle

The castle still holds traces of the abandoned Roman fort it was built atop.

Dead Man's Alley.

Cardiff, Wales

Dead Man's Alley

This pedestrian walkway cuts through a cemetery and over several burial vaults.

"Nightmare on Elm Street" Mural.

Cardiff, Wales

'Nightmare on Elm Street' Mural

The painting on an aptly named street honors the 1980s slasher movie.

Joan.

Rhyl, Wales

Rhyl Miniature Railway

Britain's oldest miniature railway.

The vertical coffin is built into what's left of the arch.

Chester, England

Medieval Coffin of St John's

A rare wooden coffin set vertically into the Gothic arch of an ruined church.

The Chester Rows in an earlier century.

Chester, England

Chester Rows

Mysteriously stacked storefront paths give this medieval British town an iconic style like none other.

The footbridge was used to take prisoners from the City gaol on site of No.1 Upper Northgate Street (qv) to the former Chapel of St John in the south wing of the Bluecoat School.

Chester, England

Bridge Of Sighs

Once the last route taken by condemned prisoners.

"All the people that come and go..."

Liverpool, England

Penny Lane

The Liverpool street made famous by the Beatles is real.

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