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Mary Shelley Grave

Bournemouth, England

Mary Shelley's Grave

The author of Frankenstein is buried here, along with her parents and the heart of her husband, the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley.

Crystal Palace Subway.

London, England

Crystal Palace Subway

A relic of Victorian grandeur hides beneath a busy South London road.

Vicars' Close

Somerset, England

Vicars' Close

The oldest residential street in Europe also features an optical illusion.

Interior face of the clock.

Somerset, England

Wells Cathedral Clock

This astronomical clock is the second oldest in England.

Glastonbury Tor

Glastonbury, England

Glastonbury Tor

This hill and tower are steeped in legend, from King Arthur to the Holy Grail.

The outside of the spring

Glastonbury, England

The White Spring

A dark Victorian well house now plays host to mystical waters and pagan shrines.

Glastonbury High Street. (dichohecho/Flickr)

Glastonbury, England

Glastonbury

Fascinating town where normal life interfaces with the occult.

The alleged tomb.

Glastonbury, England

'King Arthur's Tomb'

In the ruins of Glastonbury Abbey lies the alleged resting place of the legendary king.

'Molecule Men'

Berlin, Germany

'Molecule Man'

This monumental work of art symbolizes the coming together of a previously divided city.

Pressecafé

Berlin, Germany

Pressecafé Mural

A prime example of socialist modernist architecture, wrapped in a enormous fresco about the media.

Denkzeichen Georg Elser.

Berlin, Germany

Denkzeichen Georg Elser

A monument to the man who almost killed Hitler.

Aufbau der Republik

Berlin, Germany

Aufbau der Republik

One of the best-preserved pieces of DDR propaganda in Berlin.

Sign for L13

Mannheim, Germany

Mannheim Quadratestadt

In this German city center, the streets have no names.

Birthplace of the Pizza Margherita Plaque

Naples, Italy

Birthplace of the Pizza Margherita Plaque

A popular legend claims that the famous pizza was invented at a restaurant in this alley.

Toledo Art Station of the Naples Metro.

Naples, Italy

Toledo Art Station

This shining multicolored metro station deep under Naples is said to be the most beautiful in Europe.

Thermopolia of Pompeii

Pompeii, Italy

Thermopolia of Pompeii

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

The remnants of the ancient eatery.

Pompeii, Italy

Pompeii Thermopolium

Before it was buried by volcanic ash, this fast-food restaurant fed the hungry hordes of ancient Rome.

Fresco erotic scene in the Lupanar

Pompeii, Italy

The Brothels of Pompeii

Erotic art covers the walls of the largest ancient pleasure palace.

Plaster Citizens of Pompeii

Pompeii, Italy

Plaster Citizens of Pompeii

The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.

The Lemmings statue in Dundee.

Dundee, Scotland

Lemmings Statue

A bronze tribute to the wildly popular video game from the '90s.

'Bruin'

Dundee, Scotland

'Bruin'

This monument depicts a harrowing event involving an escaped polar bear.

East Port, Cowgate Dundee

Dundee, Scotland

Wishart Arch

Atop this arch, during the 16th-century, a sermon was given to those suffering from plague.

The Ernst Thälmann Monument

Berlin, Germany

Ernst Thälmann Monument

A massive relic of the communist era of Berlin.

Weltzeituhr

Berlin, Germany

Weltzeituhr

Check the time in 145 countries at once with this East German relic.

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