Saint Petersburg, Russia
Peacock Clock
A 250-year-old timepiece-automaton adorned with golden mechanical birds, which still sing to this day.
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Saint Petersburg, Russia
A 250-year-old timepiece-automaton adorned with golden mechanical birds, which still sing to this day.
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Perhaps the tiniest sculpture in Saint Petersburg is a little bronze finch inspired by a song.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Amsterdam's former hotspot for public executions and dissections.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
This city square is home to Amsterdam's oldest church and a statue honoring Dutch sex workers.
Glasgow, Scotland
"Respectful to the dead, safe and sanitary to the living, dedicated to the Genius of Memory..."
Glasgow, Scotland
Memorial to the Titanic engineers that died working to hold back the sea.
Glasgow, Scotland
This stately monument has been wearing a traffic cone hat for decades much to the delight of the locals.
Glasgow, Scotland
A scattered trail of street art adds a pop of color to the city's stark structures.
London, England
A 2000-year-old Roman amphitheater lies just below Guildhall Yard.
London, England
Artists and musicians now rule over this former rail station.
London, England
This pump on the bad side of Victorian London betrayed a horrifying revelation about the water supply.
London, England
The remains of an ancient Roman teenager are memorialized at the base of a modern London landmark.
London, England
A hidden treasure in London with a rich medieval history, and the resting place of many luminaries.
London, England
A mysterious pair of mice eating a piece of cheese is London's smallest public sculpture.
London, England
The 2,000-year-old beam is tucked within the pedestrian entrance to the old London Bridge.
Marazion, England
A island reachable by a causeway at low tide is possibly one of the earliest Western European locations to be identified in text.
Busveal, England
The excellent acoustics of this natural amphitheater made it a popular preaching spot for the founder of the Methodist Church.
Roche, England
This ruined 15th-century hermitage is steeped in myth and mystery.
Saint Blazey, England
The largest greenhouse in the world is home to over one million types of plants.
Newton Abbot, England
Legend says these rocks used to be hunting dogs, a story that may have inspired Sherlock Holmes' most famous case.
Buckfastleigh, England
This historic Benedictine monastery brews a booze so toxic that it has often been blamed almost singularly for Scottish hooliganism.
Bridgwater, England
The metal frame is all that's left of a wicker sculpture which once towered over the M5 motorway.
Clevedon, England
Constructed from recycled wrought iron railroad tracks, it's been described as the most beautiful seaside pier in England.
Oxford, England
J.R.R Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and other "Inklings" met at the Oxford pub to discuss the now legendary fantasy stories they were writing.