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Warsaw, Poland

Gallery of Medieval Art

One of the world's largest collections of medieval religious art.
Warsaw, Poland

Battle of Grunwald Painting

This enormous 32-foot painting depicts Poland's greatest medieval battle in glorious detail.
Warsaw, Poland

'Greetings from Jerusalem Avenue'

An artificial date palm stands as a memorial to Warsaw's Jewish community.
Warsaw, Poland

Mermaid of Warsaw

The Polish capital has had a deep connection to its guardian mermaid for almost a millennium now.
Warsaw, Poland

Old Town Wishing Bell

This bell stars in a tragic love tale and is said to make wishes come true.
Warsaw, Poland

Nicolaus Copernicus Monument

The giant statue and its model solar system honor the native Pole who declared that the Earth revolves around the Sun.
Warsaw, Poland

Warsaw's Chopin Benches

Special benches that play Chopin's music are scattered throughout his native city.
Warsaw, Poland

National Museum of Technology in Warsaw

This museum houses and extensive collection of technology contributed by the Polish people.
Warsaw, Poland

Warsaw Fotoplastikon

A 20th-century picture show in 3-D.
London, England

Gloucester Road Underground Station Disused Platform

The extra platform at Gloucester Road has been used for art displays for over 25 years.
Southampton, England

Mulberry Harbour Wreckage

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

Andark Lake

One of the country's largest diving schools set in a picturesque nature reserve.
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.
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.
Southampton, England

Calshot Lightship

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

Grand Staircase at St. Pancras Renaissance Hotel

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

Marshalsea Prison Wall

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

Dr Salter's Daydream

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

St. James’s Theatre Reliefs

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

Lamp Standards at Chelsea Embankment

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

St James’s Tiny Park

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

The Catford Cat

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

Thomas Briggs’ Plaque

This blue plaque memorializes the first person to be murdered on a railway train.