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Akureyri Heart-Shaped Traffic Lights

Akureyri, Iceland

Akureyri Heart-Shaped Traffic Lights

Instead of solid circles, the stoplights in this northern Icelandic town have glowing red hearts.

Maze

Bath, England

Beazer Garden Maze

Created by one of England's most prolific labyrinth designers, inspired by Bath city history.

The Vampire Rabbit of Newcastle

Newcastle upon Tyne, England

The Vampire Rabbit of Newcastle

This century-old grotesque has a mysterious history and may not actually be a rabbit.

The Cottage at Clouds Hill

Bovington, England

Clouds Hill

This historic home of the author of Lawrence of Arabia, has a history of literary celebrities and monogrammed sleeping bags.

Lloyds Bank coprolite.

York, England

Lloyds Bank Coprolite

An incredibly well-preserved piece of ninth-century Viking poop.

Musgrave's "Speck of Dust" painting chronicles the artist's life
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Eastbourne, England

Musgrave Museum

The unusual private collection of modern-day renaissance man George Musgrave.

Churchill MKII Tank slowly being overtaken by nature.
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Storrington, England

South Downs WWII Churchill Tank

An abandoned World War II tank left to rust in the downland.

Marine Aquarium under the Palm House at Kew Gardens.
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London, England

Kew Gardens Underground Aquarium

A marine aquarium with an astounding variety of fish hides in the basement beneath the famous Palm House.

Mr. Blobby's House
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Cricket Saint Thomas, England

Mr. Blobby's House

The mouldering remains of a disgraced British children's icon are hidden in the brush of a public park.

Street art by KIWIE on the Duke of Lancaster
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Holywell, Wales

Duke of Lancaster

Abandoned ship reimagined as a street art canvas.

The Blue Lake.
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Fairbourne, Wales

The Blue Lake

A hidden tunnel leads to an abandoned slate quarry that's now a secret swimming spot guarded by cliffs.

Jack the Ripper's "From Hell" Letter
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London, England

Black Museum

Since 1874, this macabre collection has developed into a museum devoted to Scotland Yard's mementos of dastardly deeds.

Eric Morecambe Bronze Statue

Morecambe, England

Eric Morecambe Statue

Dedicated to the legendary comedian Eric Morecambe depicting his iconic "Bring Me Sunshine" stance.

The Scout Stone

Dorset, England

The Scout Stone

This commemorative stone was erected near the first Scout campsite.

RAF Tempsford Memorial Barn

Everton, England

RAF Tempsford Memorial Barn

Set amid the remains of a secret WWII airfield, this barn was preserved as a memorial to Allied agents who parachuted into Europe.

Odeon Covent Garden

London, England

Odeon Covent Garden

Formerly known as Saville Theatre, this mid-20th-century entertainment hub includes an ornate frieze.

Memorial plaque to the avalance victims, South Malling Church

Lewes, England

The Lewes Avalanche Tablet

A stone plaque and a winking pub name are all that remain to remember the victims of deadly 1836 avalanche.

British cycling troops during the Battle of the Somme.

Meriden, England

National Cyclists Memorial

The obelisk honors the cyclist troops who were killed during World War I.

Polish graves at Newark Cemetery.

Newark-on-Trent, England

Polish War Graves of Newark Cemetery

The final resting place of hundreds of Polish airmen who died fighting the Nazis in Britain.

Westland Lysander

Biggleswade, England

Westland Lysander at the Shuttleworth Collection

A rare example of the RAF’s flying spy taxi.

The funeral train when it was displayed in York.

Shildon, England

Winston Churchill's Funeral Train

The train that took the prime minister on his final journey now rests in a British museum.

Shell in the house.

Whitby, England

Bombardment Garden

The recreated ruins of a house designed to memorialize a World War I shelling on the town.

Marine Air Terminal Ruins.

Southampton, England

Marine Air Terminal Ruins

The rusting relics of Southampton's former luxurious flying boat industry.

The house where H.G. Wells lived.

Sandgate, England

House of H.G. Wells

In a small Kentish seaside stands the former home of one of the greatest science-fiction writers.

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