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The Paddington Bear statue at Paddington station.

London, England

Paddington Bear Statue

After nearly 60 years, there's still a bear at Paddington Station looking for help.

Pena National Palace

Sintra, Portugal

Pena National Palace

This unreal Portuguese palace looks as though it's made from a pile of different castles.

Rundetårn

Copenhagen, Denmark

Rundetårn

The old observatory in Copenhagen has a spiral corridor used as a racetrack.

The Real Greenwich Prime Meridian

London, England

The Real Greenwich Prime Meridian

Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.

Santa Justa Lift

Lisbon, Portugal

Santa Justa Lift

This Industrial Age architectural and engineering gem helps visitors and residents alike traverse Lisbon, “The City of Seven Hills.”

Twinings tea shop on the Strand.

London, England

Twinings Tea Shop

A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.

The entire ceiling

Rome, Italy

The Dome Illusion

A master of trompe-l'oeil creates a stunning, tourist-fooling dome out of a flat ceiling.

Jökulsárlón

Iceland

Jökulsárlón

Iceland's largest lagoon is home to stunning multi-colored icebergs.

Statue of Liberty at Pont du Grenelle

Paris, France

Statue of Liberty at Pont de Grenelle

This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.

Pelicans of St James's Park

London, England

Pelicans of St James's Park

Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.

Mapparium Globe

Boston, Massachusetts

Mapparium Globe

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

A Strokkur geyser eruption

Iceland

Haukadalur Geothermal Field

This valley of hot springs and boiling mud pots is home to the record-holding "Geysir," which originated the English word.

Harpa at night

Reykjavik, Iceland

Harpa

This stunning concert hall has become a symbol of Iceland's national recovery.

Temple Church

London, England

Temple Church

An unusual round church in London with a Templar past.

Capilano Suspension Bridge

North Vancouver, British Columbia

Capilano Suspension Bridge

This expansive bridge in the Canadian wilderness was originally just built for friends.

The colour coded directions are integrated into the signs.

Toronto, Ontario

Toronto PATH

One of the largest underground systems runs under Canada's largest urban center.

Royal Botanic Gardens

Sydney, Australia

Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney

Come for the flowers, stay for the bats!

Trench armour

London, England

The Imperial War Museum London

This massive collection of British military artifacts includes the heartbreaking personal letters of the men in the trenches of WWI.

221b, Baker Street

London, England

221b Baker Street

The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.

Gullfoss

Iceland

Gullfoss (Golden Falls)

If a glacial river suddenly diving into a sheer chasm via a dramatic, multi-stage waterfall isn't peak Iceland, it's certainly close.

Orator at Speakers' Corner at 1974

London, England

Speakers' Corner

London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.

Machu Picchu.

Aguas Calientes, Peru

Machu Picchu: The Lost City of The Inca

The intricate stonework of Machu Picchu serves as a testament to Incan engineers.

Mrs Mallard and her entire brood.

Boston, Massachusetts

Make Way for Ducklings Statue

Mrs. Mallard and her brood are a beloved fixture in Boston Public Garden.

The Dancing House, f/k/a Fred and Ginger

Prague, Czechia

Tančící dům - Dancing House of Prague

This tipsy office building in downtown Prague was originally called “Fred and Ginger.”

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