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York, England

The ‘Rocket' Locomotive

This innovative steam machine was no doubt the most famous of the pioneer locomotives.
London, England

Natural History Museum of London

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.
London, England

Difference Engine #2

Charles Babbage's proto-computer, painstakingly brought to life.
London, England

Brompton Cemetery

London, England

Freddie Mercury's Former Home and Studio

London, England

Earl's Court Police Box

The Metropolitan Police refurbished the blue box (perhaps not coincidentally) the same year "Doctor Who" returned to TV screens.
Prague, Czechia

Old Jewish Cemetery

Berlin, Germany

AquaDom at Radisson Blu Berlin

The largest free standing aquarium in the world resides in a hotel lobby in Berlin.
Budapest, Hungary

Michael Jackson Memorial Tree

Venice, Italy

Reliquaries of St Mark's Basilica Treasury

Venice, Italy

The Mad Colored Houses of Burano

Prague, Czechia

Lennon Wall

Prague, Czechia

Sex Machines Museum

The first museum in the world devoted to sexual gadgetry.
Kilbrittain, Ireland

Kilbrittain Whale

The skeleton of a whale that beached itself in this Irish town is now on display in their public park.
London, England

Two Princes Staircase

London, England

Traitors' Gate

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Hans Brinker Budget Hotel

Debatably clever, or just plain honest hotel advertised as "The Worst Hotel in the World."
Amsterdam, Netherlands


This city square is home to Amsterdam's oldest church and a statue honoring Dutch sex workers.
Berlin, Germany


Where once there was a train station bathroom, there is now this German burger joint.
Berlin, Germany

Stolpersteine Holocaust Memorials

Tiny memorials honor individual victims of the Holocaust.
Berlin, Germany

Führerbunker Parking Lot

Berlin, Germany

Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe

Berlin, Germany

The Bebelplatz

Berlin, Germany

The DDR Museum

A fascinating insight into daily life in the Eastern Bloc.