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a small lake along a stone path next to a small one-story white building surrounded by grass

Swanwick, England

Andark Lake

One of the country's largest diving schools set in a picturesque nature reserve.

'Claire' crossing to the Warsash side

Hamble-le-Rice, England

The Hamble-Warsash Pink Ferry

A ferry has operated across the River Hamble for around 500 years, but its distinctive bubblegum pink is a more recent addition.

A plaque commemorating the events that unfolded here.

Southampton, England

Canute Chambers Plaque

This building was once the local office of White Star Line, the company that employed the crew on the Titanic when it sank.

LV78 in Ocean Village.

Southampton, England

Calshot Lightship

This bright ship once guided vessels towards the Port of Southampton.

Grand Staircase at St. Pancras Renaissance Hotel

London, England

Grand Staircase at St. Pancras Renaissance Hotel

As seen in the Spice Girls ‘Wannabe’ music video.

Marshalsea Prison Wall

London, England

Marshalsea Prison Wall

The remains of the debtor’s prison that shaped Charles Dickens’ life and writing.

Ada Salter was an influential advocate for women's rights and a politician.

London, England

Dr Salter's Daydream

This group of sculptures includes the first statue of a female politician in London.

Relief panel No. 1: Antony.

England

St. James’s Theatre Reliefs

Stone carvings celebrate the legacy of a now-defunct theatre.

The Tradescant tomb holds the bodies of a pioneering father-son naturalist duo.

London, England

Garden Museum

Tony Blair's garden gnome and a Howitzer shell-turned-flower-pot are on display in this deconsecrated 13th-century church.

The statues of the children on the lamp standard near Cadogan Pier.

London, England

Lamp Standards at Chelsea Embankment

Two copies of a rejected Victorian-era lamp design still stand along the Thames River.

Tiny Parks at St James’s Park.

London, England

St James’s Tiny Park

These former ticket office windows in London's underground now house pocket-size parks.

Numerous attempts to take down the Catford Cat have failed over the years.

London, England

The Catford Cat

For more than half a century, an enormous feline has watched over this London neighborhood.

This plaque is at the former location of the Mitford Castle pub.

London, England

Thomas Briggs’ Plaque

This blue plaque memorializes the first person to be murdered on a railway train.

Temple Bar.

London, England

Temple Bar

Over several decades, one of London’s most iconic city gates was dismantled, moved out of the city, and then moved back.

The penny chute still collects donations for individuals impacted by homelessness.

London, England

Victorian Penny Chute

An oddity of a bygone era that stills functions today.

Superkilen

Copenhagen, Denmark

Superkilen

An ultra-modern diversity park in Denmark has turned an entire city block electric pink.

Hans Christiaan Andersen's Trunk

Kastrup, Denmark

Hans Christian Andersen's Trunk

The traveling wares of Denmark's most famous author.

The V House

Copenhagen, Denmark

The V House

This striking structure, with balconies jutting out like hedgehog spines, combine cutting-edge design with a playful approach to light and space.

Agnete and the Merman

Copenhagen, Denmark

Agnete and the Merman

Beneath Denmark's Højbro bridge, a bronze merman and his seven sons forever mourn for the mother and wife who left them for land.

Picture of modern-day Laksegade.

Copenhagen, Denmark

Laksegade

This ordinary street was made infamous by a legendary visit from the devil.

'Tisseren' ('The Pee-er')

Copenhagen, Denmark

'Tisseren' ('The Pee-er')

An unconventional and naturalistic sculpture depicting the artist marking his territory on an exterior faculty wall.

Hans Christian Andersen Grave

Copenhagen, Denmark

Hans Christian Andersen's Grave

The final resting place of the author who gave us the Little Mermaid, the Ugly Duckling, and many more beloved fairy tales.

Niels Bohr's Grave

Copenhagen, Denmark

Niels Bohr's Grave

The final resting place of one of the brightest physicists of the 20th century.

Happy City Birds Mural

Copenhagen, Denmark

Happy City Birds Mural

Famous for his giant trolls, Thomas Dambo's lesser-known early work is a creative 3D mural with sustainable birdhouses.

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