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Metallicar

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I live in Yorkshire and like strange things. Which is handy, because I live in Yorkshire.

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Gatehouse of General Cemetery, Sheffield.

Sheffield, England

Sheffield General Cemetery

Cemetery established by the Victorians as a solution to the overflowing graveyards.

Unicorn Tapestries at the Cloisters

New York, New York

Unicorn Tapestries at the Cloisters

Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.

Kon-Tiki Museum

Oslo, Norway

Kon-Tiki Museum

Across the Pacific in a raft, a museum dedicated to Thor Heyerdahl's now legendary expedition.

Viking Ship Museum

Oslo, Norway

Viking Ship Museum

Home to three historic ships from the age of Vikings.

Wieliczka Salt Mine

Wieliczka, Poland

Wieliczka Salt Mine

An underground city of salt.

(Flickr/Vietnam and Cambodia)

Huế, Vietnam

Thien Mu Pagoda

Giant pagoda houses the car that drove Thích Quảng Đức to his death by self-immolation.

Ta Prohm Temple, Angkor, Cambodia.

Siem Reap, Cambodia

Ta Prohm

A battle between nature and architecture in the Cambodian jungle.

Stones and Henge, respectively.

Amesbury, England

Stonehenge

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

The Aventine Keyhole

Rome, Italy

The Aventine Keyhole

Rome’s legendary peephole vista is also a former Crusader stronghold.

Jesus' footprints in the basilica

Rome, Italy

The Catacombs of San Sebastian

Jesus' footprints and the first catacombs in the world.

The Protestant Cemetery

Rome, Italy

The Protestant Cemetery

The final resting place of the poets Shelley and Keats.

Mysterious skeleton carving in the cave.

Chislehurst, England

Chislehurst Caves

Shakespeare, David Bowie, Dr. Who, the Saxons, Druids and Romans are all claimed to have all made their mark on these massive man made tunnels.

The temple in its new interactive exhibit.

London, England

Temple of Mithras

Rebuilt remains of a temple to Roman god Mithras.

Cheddar gorge and caves.

Cheddar, England

The Cheddar Man and Cannibals Museum

Museum about life, death, and cannibalism in the Stone Age.

Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem0115 947 3171

Nottingham, England

Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem

The oldest inn in England served brew to the crusaders.

A Blue John seam.

Hope Valley, England

Blue John Cavern

Semi-precious Blue John stones have been mined in this cavern system for centuries.

Tintagel Castle

Tintagel, England

Tintagel Castle

A fantastic castle rumored to be the birthplace of King Arthur.

Edinburgh Castle Dog Cemetery

Edinburgh, Scotland

Edinburgh Castle Dog Cemetery

The final resting place of soldiers' loyal canine companions.

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