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Automatons clock at Thornton’s Arcade

Leeds, England

The Ivanhoe Clock

Since 1877, the characters of Sir Walter Scott’s “Ivanhoe” have been keeping time in this Leeds arcade.

Row houses

The Rocks, Australia

Susannah Place

Converted into a time capsule-like museum, these terrace houses depict the living conditions of working class tenants from various eras.

Sydney’s Philanthropic Bronze Boar

Sydney, Australia

Sydney’s Philanthropic Bronze Boar

How a replica of a legendary Florentine fountain became a tireless fundraiser in the Southern Hemisphere.

Argyle Street Ash Tree, Glasgow, Tree of the Year.

Finnieston, Scotland

Argyle Street Ash Tree

A solitary arbor with a unique pedigree.

The building in 2025.

Manchester, England

Withy Grove Stores

A seemingly abandoned store in central Manchester with a lengthy backstory.

Chetham's Library

Manchester, England

Chetham's Library

Dating back almost 400 years, the oldest public collection library in the United Kingdom was once the study hall of Karl Marx.

The War Memorial Tablet

Manchester, England

Manchester Victoria Station Map Mural & War Memorials

Amazing tiled map mural showing the lines of the famous Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, incorporated into the war memorial after WW1

The entrance to Afflecks.

Manchester, England

Afflecks

Over 70 independent businesses have set up shop in this former Victorian department store.

'A New Broom'

Manchester, England

'A New Broom'

This statue of an everyday cleaning tool sits proud upon a plinth in Manchester's coolest quarter.

The Bard is represented on the sign.

Manchester, England

The Shakespeare

This haunted 17th-century pub was moved to a new city when it was already almost 300 years old.

Royal Exchange Theatre

Manchester, England

The Great Hall within the Royal Exchange

Once called "the biggest room in the world," this Victorian-era hall is so large that it contains a smaller 1970s heptagonal theatre.

Historic Reading Room

Manchester, England

John Rylands Research Institute and Library

A Victorian Gothic masterpiece housing a world-class collection of rare books and manuscripts.

Dalton's Entry

Manchester, England

Dalton's Entry

An obscure walkway dedicated to a scientist who helped pave the way for the world to sit up and take notice of Manchester.

The Rolls-Royce commemorative sculpture at the Midland Hotel

Manchester, England

Where Rolls Met Royce

Two of the most notable names in automobile history are commemorated at the place where they're said to have first met.

Prehistoric Crocodile Footprint

Kildonan, Scotland

Prehistoric Crocodile Footprint

Dating back roughly 240 million years to the Triassic period, it was left by a large, 12-foot-long crocodile ancestor called a Chirotherium or "hand-beast".

Památník Františka Hekla

Dalmellington, Scotland

Památník Františka Hekla

A memorial honouring a Czech pilot standing on the bank of Loch Doon

The pointed, main entry gate.

Dalmellington, Scotland

Loch Doon Castle

A lochside castle linked to Robert the Bruce, but not everything is as it seems!

The Wicker Bull

Castle Douglas, Scotland

The Wicker Bull

This woven willow statue represents a popular local breed of beef cattle in SW Scotland

Cally Old School

Gatehouse of Fleet, Scotland

Cally Old School

An old girls school hidden in a wood

Fannie Bay Gaol

Fannie Bay, Australia

Fannie Bay Gaol

One of Australia’s most complete colonial prison complexes.

Tower of Light

Manchester, England

Tower of Light

When the city of Manchester built a new centralized heating network, they did it with style.

Theodosian Wall Stone Ladder

Istanbul, Turkey

Theodosian Wall Stone Ladder

Climb a set of vertiginous stone steps to the top of this impressive ancient edifice.

A three story outer wall with arches on the first floor and alternating white and red stonework.

Istanbul, Turkey

Palace of the Porphyrogenitus

Byzantine emperors ruled, lived, and died in this 13th-century palace-turned-museum.

Bulgarian Iron Church of St. Stephens

Istanbul, Turkey

St. Stephen Bulgarian Iron Church

The most metal church of all time was built in record time because of an international, pious pissing contest.

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