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How would you have positioned this statue?

London, England

'The Naked Ladies'

No one knows who created the statues or if they are arranged properly—let alone the artwork's real name.

Strawberry Hill

London, England

Strawberry Hill

In Twickenham sits a small whitewashed castle that inspired Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein.'

The shrine outside Garden Lodge in 2014.
Permanently Closed

London, England

Freddie Mercury's Former Home and Studio

A makeshift shrine to the late rock star is still kept up on the nondescript façade outside 1 Logan Place.

Cecil Court.

London, England

Cecil Court

A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.

The quaint and well-preserved Goodwin's Court.

London, England

Goodwin's Court

An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.

The coat hook is said to be one of the questions for the London cab driver test known as "The Knowledge."

London, England

Metropolitan Police Coat Hook

Installed at a chaotic intersection, this gave London traffic cops a place to hang their heavy woolen coats.

Odeon Covent Garden

London, England

Odeon Covent Garden

Formerly known as Saville Theatre, this mid-20th-century entertainment hub includes an ornate frieze.

Note the reputed high water line above marker.
Permanently Closed

London, England

'Great Dangaroo Flood'

On a wall in linear London, a plaque hangs at the high water mark of one of the worst floods in fictional Kcymaerxthaereal times.

The Buried Remains of Little Compton Street
Permanently Closed

London, England

The Buried Remains of Little Compton Street

The signs of a long buried road can still be found hidden beneath a London sewer grate.

The station entrance/exit on Surrey Street.

London, England

Aldwych Tube Station

This Underground station has been a popular filming location for decades, even before it closed.

Exterior of Novelty Automation, a 17th century building.

London, England

Novelty Automation

A tongue-in-cheek arcade where the games are based on everyday life.

The Burlington Arcade Beadles

London, England

The Burlington Arcade Beadles

This luxury shopping lane has been protected by its own tiny police force for over a century.

Lock & Co.

London, England

Lock & Co.

Claiming to be the oldest hat store in the world, this historic haberdashery had a hand (and a head) in the creation of the Bowler.

Plaque marking the Texan Embassy

London, England

The Embassy of the Republic of Texas

An alleyway plaque is all that remains of the independent Texas' envoy that forgot to pay their rent for over a century.

Giro's Gravestone

London, England

Giro the Dog's Grave

The final resting place of a German diplomat's beloved companion.

The view from King Henry's Mound.

London, England

King Henry's Mound

It is against the law to obstruct the view from the top of this English burial mound.

Public Standards of Length at the Royal Greenwich Observatory.

London, England

Public Standards of Length

19th-century scientists would make the pilgrimage here to verify the precision of their measuring sticks.

Greenwich Foot Tunnel

London, England

Greenwich Foot Tunnel

A 1,215-foot tunnel transports pedestrians beneath the River Thames.

The Coronation Stone

London, England

The Coronation Stone

Legend has it that seven Anglo-Saxon kings were coronated on this stone, located in the appropriately-named town of Kingston.

London Stone

London, England

The London Stone

This legendary stone is of unknown origin, and throughout history has been a literal touchstone for British leaders.

Borders of Baarle-Nassau and Baarle-Hertog.

Baarle-Hertog, Belgium

Borders of Baarle-Nassau and Baarle-Hertog

A maze of crosses marks the jumbled divide between the Netherlands and Belgium.

Manneken Pis in US Air Force uniform

Brussels, Belgium

Manneken Pis

A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.

Le Stryge.

Paris, France

Le Stryge

This demon atop the Notre-Dame de Paris looks utterly bored.

Locks on the Pont des Arts
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Paris, France

Paris Padlocks of Love

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

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