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Places this traveler has marked as been there.

The plaque.

Oxford, England

Site of the Rewley Road Rail Station

A plaque is all that remains of a lost Oxford transport hub.

The bridge has been in the open position for decades.

Oxford, England

Rewley Road Swing Bridge

The remnants of this unusual bridge await an uncertain fate.

Beaumont Palace marker.

Oxford, England

Beaumont Palace Marker

A hidden plaque is the only reminder of the lost palace where two storied English kings were born.

Jewelled Terminal Of Aestel (The Alfred Jewel)

Oxford, England

The Alfred Jewel

One of Oxford's greatest treasures likely belonged to England's legendary King Alfred the Great.

The lantern of Guy Fawkes

Oxford, England

The Lantern of Guy Fawkes

The lantern carried by the infamous Guy Fawkes when he was arrested while attempting to blow the houses of Parliament and the King of England to smithereens

Pitt Rivers Museum

Oxford, England

Pitt Rivers Museum

Ancient Egyptian wigs, South American feather headdresses, a bounty of anthropological artifacts in Oxford.

Penrose paving

Oxford, England

Penrose Paving at the Mathematical Institute

The beautiful non-repeating pattern honors the Oxford professor who discovered it.

The entrance at Walton Well Road near Longworth Road.

Oxford, England

Eagle Ironworks

A little piece of Oxford's overlooked industrial heritage.

Sir James Murray's letterbox

Oxford, England

Sir James Murray's Post Box

A letterbox installed specifically for the first editor of the Oxford English Dictionary.

The Asahi Flame

Tokyo, Japan

The Asahi Flame

This enormous monument is one of the most iconic structures in Tokyo, rudely nicknamed "The Golden Turd."

Whitechapel Bell Foundry

London, England

Whitechapel Bell Foundry

This unassuming building produced some of the world's most famous bells.

Hooray!

London, England

Whitechapel Fatberg Manhole Cover

It celebrates a very stinky task and salutes London's fatberg-vanquishing team.

Houseboats of Regents Canal

London, England

Houseboats of Regents Canal

A community of artists and entrepreneurs seeks a simpler life on London's waterways.

Abbey Road DLR station northern entrance, soon after opening

London, England

The Wrong Abbey Road

Tourists who rely on a transit map to find the iconic Beatles location often end up in a far-off neighborhood.

The original pumping station.

London, England

The Cathedral of Sewage

This elaborate Byzantine-style building was designed for a not-so-pretty purpose.

The SINCE 9/11 World Trade Center Artwork, with the London Aquatic Centre behind it.

London, England

World Trade Center Artwork

This sculpture, residing in a quiet corner of a London park, honors the victims of 9/11.

Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park

London, England

Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park

A historic London cemetery now serves as a nature park incorporating gravestones & memorial statues.

Evelyn's Mulberry in Sayes Court Park.

London, England

Evelyn’s Mulberry

Legend has it this gnarled old tree was planted by Tsar Peter the Great during his visit to London.

Skull and crossbones memento mori.

London, England

St. Nicholas Church Memento Mori

These morbid carvings remind churchgoers of the inevitability of death.

Dead, or just pining?

London, England

'Monument for a Dead Parrot'

The sculpture of the deceased cockatoo flops atop its personal plinth.

Greenwich Foot Tunnel

London, England

Greenwich Foot Tunnel

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

The memorial.

London, England

Sir John Franklin Expedition Memorial

A tribute to the intrepid explorer and his crew who perished in terrible conditions on an ill-fated expedition to the Arctic.

Tulip Stairs

London, England

Tulip Stairs

The first geometric self-supporting spiral stairs in Britain are a truly beautiful sight.

Replica

London, England

Memento Mori Pendant

The Ranger’s House exhibits fine mementos collected by Sir Julius Werner during the course of his life, including this infamous pendant.

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