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The bronzed skull of a beheaded traitor was affixed to the city gate in the 17th century.

Every fifth of November, effigies of Guy Fawkes are thrown onto bonfires across Great Britain. But this Guy has managed to survive his fiery fate for almost 300 years.

Pop culture has helped to keep this iconic British building from being destroyed.

The gilded, masterful astronomical clock will calculate time, dates, and planetary positions for thousands of years to come.

This Netherlands museum holds a gloriously mechanical collection of ornate musical automata.

Numberless clock creates a meal of time for the dreaded, insectile Chronophage.

There has been an astronomical clock on this spot since the 14th century.

The oldest working mechanical clock in the world.

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

A beautiful and classically designed villa, with an hourly infestation of monsters.

This 18th century mansion played Winterfell in Game of Thrones.

A configuration of a trio of statues that depict a scene reflecting a time emblematic in the city’s rich history.

An 11th-century Viking gravestone in a Victorian parish church graveyard.

Three mechanical figures—a soldier, a sailor, and Father Time—announce the time on this local landmark.

The longest stone bridge in England has an impressive history that dates back over 700 years.

This folly built to commemorate an aristocratic victory over Catholic rebellion plays tricks on the eye.

A fortress on this island housed the mysterious prisoner known as the "Man in the Iron Mask" for more than a decade.

A large portion of this navigable canal runs under Paris's famed boulevards.

A museum on the history of Paris, including a set of Napoleon's toiletries, Proust's room, and relics of the Revolution.

The first green space constructed on an elevated viaduct.

This bridge was constructed from the rubble of the infamous Bastille.

The tallest statue in the world is twice the height of the Statue of Liberty.

The enormous isokinetic structure hangs within a science center in Estonia.

A replica of the famed statue far from home.