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The martyr's wax-enhanced skeletal remains lie preserved in a glass case in the Santa Maria della Vittoria in Rome.

A treasure trove of Renaissance-era funerary art in a Roman church built on top of Nero's grave.

Twelve grave-faced marble angels guard the emperor's tomb at Les Invalides.

Remnants of the 16th-century defensive wall still stand unassumingly within Edinburgh.

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

At just 51 feet and 10 inches long, it's the shortest street in England.

A memorial to the politician who became Great Britain's first fatality to be caused by a locomotive.

All unmarked mute swans on the Thames are owned by the Queen per a tradition that began in the 12th century.

The watery entrance for condemned prisoners heading to the Tower of London is still visible along the Thames.

The slender brass strip in Prague's Old Town Square was used to tell time from 1652 to 1918.

Stripes of human ashes cover a back lawn in the most sought-after burial grounds in Paris.

Historical etchings such as “Miserable, wild, distracted 1350" and “The Archdeacon is an ass.”

This Manchester laundromat is hiding something.

A sculpture outside London's oldest cathedral honors the Mohegan chief who died while petitioning the king.

The old tradition of drying laundry on poles in the public green is still guaranteed by Glasgow city law.

Take a sea tractor to the Art Deco hotel on the island that inspired Agatha Christie.

The last four extravagant street signs of London's historic banking street.

Some of the earliest leaders of the Moravian congregation are buried here.

“It has nae lugs!”

A scattered trail of street art adds a pop of color to the city's stark structures.

17th-century merchants in Bristol nailed their deals by placing money on these pedestals.

A majestic mansion designed in Mughalai style, complete with a turquoise onion dome.

One of the shortest streets in York has an especially odd name.

The unusual clock on this 18th-century market building has an extra minute hand for "Bristol time."