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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.

Bagillt Dragon Beacon

Bagillt, Wales

Bagillt Dragon Beacon

This towering, fire-breathing dragon guards a community’s buried treasure.

Soldier Bear Statue

Edinburgh, Scotland

Wojtek the Soldier Bear Memorial

A statue in the heart of Edinburgh honors a bear that served in the Polish military during World War II.

Edinburgh's oldest purpose built visitor attraction, The Camera Obscura on the Royal Mile

Edinburgh, Scotland

Camera Obscura & World of Illusions

360° views of the city plus five floors of optical illusions and hands-on science.

The fountain.

Edinburgh, Scotland

The Witches' Well

The fountain marks the area where hundreds of accused witches were burned at the stake.

A street in the close.

Edinburgh, Scotland

Mary King’s Close

This 17th-century street hidden beneath Edinburgh was once a breeding ground for the black death.

Regent Bridge

Edinburgh, Scotland

Regent Bridge

A roadway designed for a visiting monarch.

The Glasgow Necropolis

Glasgow, Scotland

The Glasgow Necropolis

"Respectful to the dead, safe and sanitary to the living, dedicated to the Genius of Memory..."

Firefighters training at Schiphol's FireFly.

Schiphol, Netherlands

FireFly

A solid steel plane designed to catch fire over and over again.

Planes@Plaza Store

Schiphol, Netherlands

Planes@Plaza

This old KLM airplane cut into three parts was transformed into an eclectic airport gift shop.

The Afsluitdijk.

Breezanddijk, Netherlands

Afsluitdijk

The 20-mile causeway that separates the Netherlands from the sea.

Groningen University Museum

Groningen, Netherlands

Groningen University Museum

Preserving the research tools, unexpected inventions, and odd collections of generations of college professors.

Replicas of the original effigies to Bastet.

London, England

Black Cats of Carreras Cigarette Factory

Black cat statues guard this temple-like Egyptian revival factory.

The transmitter mast with a cherry tree in the foreground.

London, England

Alexandra Palace Transmitter Mast

The first regular high-definition TV transmissions were made from this seemingly out-of-place mast located on one corner of a Victorian-era entertainment venue.

Wollaton Hall in the snow.

Nottingham, England

Wollaton Hall

A striking 500-year-old mansion provides an unexpectedly sublime home for live deer and a menagerie of exotic stuffed animals.

Victorian tombs.

Nottingham, England

Church Cemetery

A spooky juxtaposition of caves and graves gives this legend-filled cemetery a particularly haunting vibe.

'Ring O' Roses'

Dundee, Scotland

'Ring O' Roses'

Each section of this public work of art represents one of the city's guilds.

Grissel Jaffray Memorial

Dundee, Scotland

Grissel Jaffray Memorial

A pair of mosaics marks the spot where the last accused witch of Dundee was put to death.

'Bruin'

Dundee, Scotland

'Bruin'

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

The original west gate.

Dundee, Scotland

The Howff Cemetery

People leave coins atop an unusual grave marker in one of Scotland's oldest burial grounds.

The Lemmings statue in Dundee.

Dundee, Scotland

Lemmings Statue

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

East Port, Cowgate Dundee

Dundee, Scotland

Wishart Arch

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

Large sand dune

Blackpool, England

Sand Dunes of St. Anne's

On moonless nights, it's said that you can still hear the church bell of a village that was swept out of the dunes and lost to the rising sea.

Bunker broadcast room

Airdrie, Scotland

Scotland's Secret Bunker

A nuclear bunker built to shelter the politicians and important people of Scotland in case of nuclear attack.

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