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Southampton, England

Mulberry Harbour Wreckage

Some of the last remaining relics of one of World War II's most important invasions.
Added by willfaulkner
Swanwick, England

Andark Lake

One of the country's largest diving schools set in a picturesque nature reserve.
Added by willfaulkner
Hamble-le-Rice, England

The Hamble-Warsash Pink Ferry

A ferry has operated across the River Hamble for around 500 years, but its distinctive bubblegum pink is a more recent addition.
Added by willfaulkner
Southampton, England

Canute Chambers Plaque

This building was once the local office of White Star Line, the company that employed the crew on the Titanic when it sank.
Added by willfaulkner
Southampton, England

Calshot Lightship

This bright ship once guided vessels towards the Port of Southampton.
Added by willfaulkner
London, England

Grand Staircase at St. Pancras Renaissance Hotel

As seen in the Spice Girls ‘Wannabe’ music video.
Added by kptandersen
London, England

Marshalsea Prison Wall

The remains of the debtor’s prison that shaped Charles Dickens’ life and writing.
Added by Diana Alsobrook
London, England

Dr Salter's Daydream

This group of sculptures includes the first statue of a female politician in London.
AdOYo Added by AdOYo
England

St. James’s Theatre Reliefs

Stone carvings celebrate the legacy of a now-defunct theatre.
SEANETTA Added by SEANETTA
London, England

Garden Museum

Tony Blair's garden gnome and a Howitzer shell-turned-flower-pot are on display in this deconsecrated 13th-century church.
AdOYo Added by AdOYo
London, England

Lamp Standards at Chelsea Embankment

Two copies of a rejected Victorian-era lamp design still stand along the Thames River.
Dark Nebula Deluxe Added by Dark Nebula Deluxe
London, England

St James’s Tiny Park

These former ticket office windows in London's underground now house pocket-size parks.
AdOYo Added by AdOYo
London, England

The Catford Cat

For more than half a century, an enormous feline has watched over this London neighborhood.
AdOYo Added by AdOYo
London, England

Thomas Briggs’ Plaque

This blue plaque memorializes the first person to be murdered on a railway train.
AdOYo Added by AdOYo
London, England

Temple Bar

Over several decades, one of London’s most iconic city gates was dismantled, moved out of the city, and then moved back.
Dark Nebula Deluxe Added by Dark Nebula Deluxe
London, England

Victorian Penny Chute

An oddity of a bygone era that stills functions today.
SEANETTA Added by SEANETTA
Copenhagen, Denmark

Superkilen

An ultra-modern diversity park in Denmark has turned an entire city block electric pink.
EricGrundhauser Added by EricGrundhauser
Kastrup, Denmark

Hans Christian Andersen's Trunk

The traveling wares of Denmark's most famous author.
CoolCrab Added by CoolCrab
Copenhagen, Denmark

The V House

This striking structure, with balconies jutting out like hedgehog spines, combine cutting-edge design with a playful approach to light and space.
Johan SWE Added by Johan SWE
Copenhagen, Denmark

Agnete and the Merman

Beneath Denmark's Højbro bridge, a bronze merman and his seven sons forever mourn for the mother and wife who left them for land.
danielrthorne Added by danielrthorne
Copenhagen, Denmark

Laksegade

This ordinary street was made infamous by a legendary visit from the devil.
Added by kristianndk
Copenhagen, Denmark

'Tisseren' ('The Pee-er')

An unconventional and naturalistic sculpture depicting the artist marking his territory on an exterior faculty wall.
Johan SWE Added by Johan SWE
Copenhagen, Denmark

Hans Christian Andersen's Grave

The final resting place of the author who gave us the Little Mermaid, the Ugly Duckling, and many more beloved fairy tales.
CoolCrab Added by CoolCrab
Copenhagen, Denmark

Niels Bohr's Grave

The final resting place of one of the brightest physicists of the 20th century.
CoolCrab Added by CoolCrab