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The taxidermied remains of a once-great parrot.

The next-door homes of two very different musicians, George Frideric Handel and Jimi Hendrix.

William Blake claimed to have painted this gothic masterpiece after encountering this nightmarish being in a vision.

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

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

19th-century scientists would make the pilgrimage here to verify the precision of their measuring sticks.

The final resting place to 300 Victorian-era pets hides inside the city park.

The only university zoological museum in London houses extinct animals, bizarre natural history specimens, and a Micrarium of microscopic creatures.

Hidden beneath the streets of London is a secret subway that only carried mail.

An artist's whimsical transformation of everyday objects.

The painting on an aptly named street honors the 1980s slasher movie.

This pedestrian walkway cuts through a cemetery and over several burial vaults.

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

Recently restored menagerie of Victorian-era beasts.

A harem-inspired Moorish fantasy design in a Victorian-era Welsh castle.

The lost library of Alexandria, revived as a spearhead of cultural preservation.

Giant pigeon houses packed into city streets in Egypt.

It might not be the prettiest pyramid in Egypt, but it may be the muddiest.

Standing atop 2nd-century Roman ruins, this church is one of the oldest and most iconic in Old Cairo.

Legend has it that the devil itself built this portal on a dare.

One of the world's largest swinging bells is a symbol made from the melted aftermath of war.

The memory of the ancient unit of measurement of local builders.

This lavish 20th-century casino adorns labels for San Pellegrino water.

It's believed that the dead were once taken out of houses through these now walled-up doors.