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Polaria

TromsĂž, Norway

Polaria

The world's northernmost aquarium looks like it has fallen over.

Soldier Bear Statue

Edinburgh, Scotland

Wojtek the Soldier Bear Memorial

A statue in the heart of Edinburgh honors a bear that served in the Polish military during World War II.

Dolly at the National Museum of Scotland.

Edinburgh, Scotland

Remains of Dolly the Sheep

The taxidermy remains of the first mammal ever cloned from an adult cell are on display in Edinburgh.

Mortsafe at Greyfriars Cemetery

Edinburgh, Scotland

Greyfriars Cemetery Mortsafes

Protecting the dead from opportunistic body snatchers.

The Heart of Midlothian marks the former entrance to the Old Tolbooth.

Edinburgh, Scotland

The Heart of Midlothian

A sweet symbol marks the place where torturous executions were once carried out.

Old Calton Cemetery, Edinburgh, Scotland

Edinburgh, Scotland

Old Calton Cemetery

A 18th century graveyard and its astonishing cortege of macabre iconography.

Edinburgh's oldest purpose built visitor attraction, The Camera Obscura on the Royal Mile

Edinburgh, Scotland

Camera Obscura & World of Illusions

360° views of the city plus five floors of optical illusions and hands-on science.

The Rocket as preserved in the Science Museum, London

Shildon, England

The ‘Rocket' Locomotive

This innovative steam machine was no doubt the most famous of the pioneer locomotives.

The Soho Square Hut

London, England

The Soho Square Hut

The Tudor-style cottage in the middle of the square is not quite what it seems.

At the entrance to Burlington House stand two K2 telephone boxes.

London, England

K2 Telephone Boxes

The wooden telephone box hidden away in London's Piccadilly was the original prototype of the iconic kiosk.

Two of the ravens at the Tower of London.

London, England

The Tower Ravens

Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.

The Navigators

London, England

The Navigators

Ship-sized kinetic sculptural fantasy.

The Burlington Arcade Beadles

London, England

The Burlington Arcade Beadles

This luxury shopping lane has been protected by its own tiny police force for over a century.

Steel coffin

London, England

St Bride's Church & Charnel House

This landmark church concealed a crypt packed with bones that was discovered thanks to the London Blitz.

Orator at Speakers' Corner at 1974

London, England

Speakers' Corner

London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.

Lindow Man

London, England

Lindow Man

A naturally mummified 2,000-year-old man.

Horses - Stables Market

London, England

Stables Market

Catacombs turned marketplace.

Nunhead Cemetery

London, England

Nunhead Cemetery

A vast overgrown cemetery, once known as one of London's "Magnificent Seven."

Jeremy Bentham's Auto-Icon in its new location in 2020

London, England

Jeremy Bentham's Auto-Icon

The remains of the great moral philosopher reside in a university in London.

The grave in early spring.

Oxford, England

J.R.R. Tolkien's Grave

The names LĂșthien and Beren can be found inscribed on the shared grave of the famous writer and his beloved wife and muse.

The Cedar of Lebanon.
Permanently Closed

London, England

World's Largest Potted Plant

The cedar tree in Highgate Cemetery earned its title by accident.

Houseboats of Regents Canal

London, England

Houseboats of Regents Canal

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

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.

London's first public drinking fountain, set into railings of St Sepulchre-Without-Newgate

London, England

The First Public Drinking Fountain

Public access to clean drinking water was an instant hit among the masses.

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