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London, England

National Gallery Mosaics

A quartet of tiled art pieces adorn the floors of this prestigious art museum.
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Offham, England

Offham Quintain

Horsemen once used this tilting post during jousting practice.
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Royal Tunbridge Wells, England

Opera House, Royal Tunbridge Wells

A grand Wetherspoon pub set in a former opera house dating back to 1902.
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Birmingham, England

Nanette Stocker's Grave

This 19th-century performer's gravestone identifies her as "the smallest woman ever in this Kingdom."
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Oxford, England

St Catherine's College

This slice of 1960s Danish modernism does not conform to the Oxford college stereotypes.
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Oxford, England

Eagle Ironworks

A little piece of Oxford's overlooked industrial heritage.
Added by Alex Rad
Oxford, England

Penrose Paving at the Mathematical Institute

The beautiful non-repeating pattern honors the Oxford professor who discovered it.
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Oxford, England

Oxford Electric Bell

This battery powered bell has been ringing since 1840 and is one of the worlds longest running science experiments.
Added by renakaba
Oxford, England

Oxford Museum of Natural History

Home to the most complete dodo remains known - one head, and one foot.
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Oxford, England

Pitt Rivers Museum

Ancient Egyptian wigs, South American feather headdresses, a bounty of anthropological artifacts in Oxford.
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Plymouth, England

Jack Leslie Statue

A statue of a pioneering Black footballer outside his former home stadium.
Added by SomersetGirl
Plymouth, England

The Leviathan

Overlooking the spot where the Pilgrims boarded the Mayflower stands Devon's answer to the Colossus of Rhodes.
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Plymouth, England

Napoleon Commemorative Stone

These stones mark 200 years of friendship between Britain and France following the Napoleonic Wars.
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Plymouth, England

Tinside Lido

A 1930s Art Deco swimming pool with a design inspired by grand ocean liners.
Lana Velkov Added by Lana Velkov
Plymouth, England

Beatle Bums

The only place where can you share a seat with the bums of the Fab Four.
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Herne Bay, England

Amy Johnson Statue

A statue paying homage to a world-record-setting aviator who disappeared under mysterious circumstances.
Curioussquirrel Added by Curioussquirrel
Birchington-on-Sea, England

Powell-Cotton Dioramas

An English explorer's vast natural history collection has the first realistic dioramas of animals staged in their natural habitats.
Added by duncanchappell
Birchington-on-Sea, England

Powell-Cotton Ethnographic Collection

A vast archive of cultural artifacts collected from numerous expeditions across Africa and Asia.
Monsieur Mictlan Added by Monsieur Mictlan
Margate, England

'The Shell Lady of Margate'

Overlooking the seaside town of Margate stands a tribute to an artist's lover.
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Margate, England

Crab Museum

Europe's "only museum dedicated to the decapod" is full of quirky and absurdist displays, including one featuring the "famous" Giant Crab of Margate.
Added by adamrovnerdu
Margate, England

Margate Caves

This forgotten chalk mine was reopened thanks to a massive effort from the local community.
Added by CaveBoss
Margate, England

Margate Shell Grotto

Grotto replete with mystical designs laid out in glued shell mosaics.
Added by Sylvester
London, England

Cittie of Yorke

This pub has roots dating back to 1430.
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Maldon, England

The Bronze Relief of Edward Bright

Known as the "Fat Man of Maldon," Bright was a larger-than-life figure.
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