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Space monkey from the wilds of the Angeleno aerospace suburbs rocketed to the damp hideout of medieval hoodlums. My cities have been a collection of Ns. North Long Beach, New Orleans, Nottingham.
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The chapel's exquisite interior.

Compton, England

Watts Cemetery Chapel

This quaint mortuary chapel hides a stunning Celtic Revival and Art Nouveau interior.

The piece of timber.

London, England

Roman Wharf Timber

The 2,000-year-old beam is tucked within the pedestrian entrance to the old London Bridge.

Carousel Bar in 1968.

New Orleans, Louisiana

Carousel Bar

The only rotating bar in New Orleans has been slowly spinning since 1949.

The arch.

Barlborough, England

Golden Gate Memorial Arch

This Victorian gate contains cryptic inscriptions in Greek, Latin, and Hebrew.

The tower.

Abernethy, Scotland

Abernethy Round Tower

One of two Irish-style round towers in Scotland, this structure has mysterious origins.

Brixton Windmill

London, England

Brixton Windmill

A fully functional, 200-year-old remnant of the time when Brixton was mostly fields.

Clifton Rocks Railway

Bristol, England

Clifton Rocks Railway

The abandoned funicular tunnel was a secret base for the BBC during World War II.

Vale Street.

Bristol, England

Vale Street

England's steepest street has such a drastic incline that locals tie their parked cars to lampposts when it gets icy.

Entrance to the Redcliffe Caves at Phoenix Wharf.

Bristol, England

Redcliffe Caves

There's a labyrinth of manmade tunnels stretching for over an acre beneath Bristol.

Non-Entree Desserts
Permanently Closed

Singapore

Non-Entree Desserts

These sweets make convincing mimics of everything from fish balls to eggs to koi ponds.

The entrance.

Brighton, England

Old Time Amusements

A vintage penny arcade hidden in the back of a fun fair-themed bar.

Fish on the trail.

Hull, England

Seven Seas Fish Trail

Explore Hull's historic Old Town by following the sea creatures scattered throughout its charmingly cobbled streets.

Roman Walls of Cardiff Castle

Cardiff, Wales

Roman Walls of Cardiff Castle

The castle still holds traces of the abandoned Roman fort it was built atop.

Mahatma Gandhi (Fredda Brilliant, 1968).

London, England

Peace Garden at Tavistock Square

A quiet, semi-secret square with statues of Mahatma Gandhi, Virginia Woolf, and a conscientious objectors stone.

Looking into the barrow from the entrance.

Marlborough, England

West Kennet Long Barrow

It's possible to walk inside one of the largest Neolithic tombs in Britain.

Dick Whittington’s Cat.

London, England

Dick Whittington’s Cat

A monument to the thrice mayor of London who according to lore made his fortune by selling his rat-chasing cat.

Gander International Airport.

Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador

Gander International Airport Lounge

The tiny airport in remote Newfoundland that inspired a hit musical is also a modernist architectural gem.

The entrance.

Dunfermline, Scotland

Saint Margaret's Cave

A hidden tunnel leads to a medieval queen's shrine buried beneath a parking lot.

Heckington Windmill

Heckington, England

Heckington 8-Sail Windmill

The last working windmill in the U.K. that has eight sails.

Sheep graze the Regal Ruins.

Kings Clipstone, England

King John's Palace Ruins

These bleak 800-year-old ruins were once the royal residence of choice for hunting in Sherwood Forest.

The Chapel in the Crag

Knaresborough, England

Chapel of Our Lady of the Crag

A 600-year-old mini shrine guarded by a sword-wielding knight hides in a crumbling cliff face.

Temple Church

London, England

Temple Church

An unusual round church in London with a Templar past.

Triforium in Little Tokyo

Los Angeles, California

Triforium

A visionary, futuristic sculpture in Los Angeles that never met its extraterrestrial potential.

Room 8 the Cat Murals

Los Angeles, California

Room 8 the Cat Mural

Hand-crafted tributes to a stray cat named "Room 8" now cover this LA elementary school.

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