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Vista along Leg O Mutton from one of the benches- all this could have been a shopping centre

London, England

Leg o' Mutton Reservoir and Park

This unusually-named reservoir found a second life as a nature preserve.

The grave.

Peterborough, England

Old Scarlett's Grave

A humble homage to a gravedigger tucked within the dignified English cathedral.

The RTV-31.

Peterborough, England

RTV 31 Tracked Hovercraft

A clumsy-looking flying locomotive rusts within sight of a busy rail station.

Estadio Centenario in 2017.

Montevideo, Uruguay

Estadio Centenario

This historic stadium was built to host the first-ever FIFA World Cup.

Fortnum & Mason emerging

London, England

The Fortnum & Mason Clock

At the top of the hour, figures of the London department store's two co-founders emerge and bow to each other.

Leighton House Museum

London, England

Leighton House Museum

This artist's home turned gallery/museum preserves the creator's love of "Eastern" influences.

The Linley Sambourne House at 18 Stafford Terrace in southwest London.

London, England

Linley Sambourne House

Home of one of history's most famous cartoonists just as he left it.

Water still flows through

London, England

Traitors' Gate

The watery entrance for condemned prisoners heading to the Tower of London is still visible along the Thames.

Tower Bridge’s Dead Man’s Hole

London, England

Tower Bridge’s Dead Man’s Hole

This unassuming alcove in London’s famous Tower Bridge once served to capture, store, and display dead bodies from the River Thames.

William Smith’s Geological Map of England.

London, England

A Geological Map of England and Wales and Part of Scotland

William Smith's iconic "map that changed the world" is hidden behind a curtain in the Geological Society building.

Giants of St. Dunstan-in-the-West

London, England

Giants of St. Dunstan-in-the-West

A pair of club-wielding guardians stand watch over London's first public clock to feature a minute hand.

Freud's psychoanalytic couch.

London, England

Freud Museum London

The pioneer of psychoanalysis spent the final year of his life here, still seeing patients on that famous couch.

Longplayer

London, England

Longplayer

A musical composition 1000 years in length plays at the Trinity Buoy Wharf in London.

Working Men's Club

London, England

Bethnal Green Working Men's Club

Where's a guy to go after a long, hard day at work?

Victorian Bath House sign

London, England

Victorian Bath House

This 19th-century Turkish bath house survived the Blitz of London and is now an events venue.

The tall tower to the rear held the accumulator cylinders

London, England

Wapping Hydraulic Power Station

This hydraulic power system in London was, at one time, seen as a rival to electricity and the last of its kind to shut down.

The newly painted outside of the Brunel Museum.

London, England

Brunel Museum Grand Entrance Hall

The first tunnel to be dug beneath a river, repurposed as an art and museum space.

Work by Nek Chand whose Sanctuary can be read about here

London, England

The Museum of Everything (Moving Location)

London's largest outsider art museum.

Chained Library at Chelsea Old Church

London, England

Chained Library at Chelsea Old Church

This small collection of rare books was uniquely locked up for safe keeping.

Hurwundeki Hair, Cafe, and Antique Emporium
Permanently Closed

London, England

Hurwundeki Hair, Korean Cuisine, and Antique shop

Don't worry, they don't use antique scissors.

'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.

The Water-Powered Mechanical Theater with nearly 200 moving wood carvings

Salzburg, Austria

Schloss Hellbrunn

Trick water gardens from 1619 featuring a 200 piece mechanical theater powered by water.

Marionettes.

Salzburg, Austria

The World of Puppets Museum

A small marionette collection located within the dark cellars of an 11th-century Austrian castle.

Dom Museum's Kunst und Wunderkammer

Salzburg, Austria

Dom Museum's Kunst und Wunderkammer

The amazing wonder cabinets of a very rich Austrian archbishop.

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