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Whitby, England

Scoresby's Polar Bear

A monument to the real explorer and bear who inspired characters in Philip Pullman's 'His Dark Materials.'
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Whitby, England

Whitby Horse Mounting Blocks

These carved, weathered stones once gave mail carriers and pub goers a leg up.
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Whitby, England

Bram Stoker Memorial Seat

The view that inspired the scenes of Dracula's first landing in England.
Annetta Black Added by Annetta Black
Whitby, England

Whitby Whale Bone Arch

These 20-foot jaw bones honor a time when the leviathan bones were a sign that whalers survived the hunt.
Meg Added by Meg
Whitby, England

Bombardment Garden

The recreated ruins of a house designed to memorialize a World War I shelling on the town.
Liam Mook Added by Liam Mook
Whitby, England

Clarence the Crocodile

The much-beloved mascot of a local museum.
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Whitby, England

Whitby Museum, Library & Archive

The curious and tiny collection contains some very odd objects.
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Goathland, England

Goathland Station

Harry Potter’s Hogsmeade Station is also a charming blast from the past situated in North Yorkshire.
almostginger Added by almostginger
Whitby, England

Whitby Wishing Chair

Legend says squeezing into this slender stone seat will make your wish come true.
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Saltburn-by-the-Sea, England

Saltburn Cliff Lift

This beautiful example of Victorian engineering is the oldest water-balanced funicular anywhere in the world.
Dr Alan P Newman Added by Dr Alan P Newman
Whitby, England

Old Mulgrave Castle

This historic castle was already in ruins by the 13th century.
katielou106 Added by katielou106
Hutton Mulgrave, England

Foss Castle

Almost nothing but earthworks remain of this long-lost castle.
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Foss, England

Lythe Mill

The ruins of a 19th-century corn mill are haunted by a malevolent cave-dwelling spirit.
katielou106 Added by katielou106
Northampton, Massachusetts

Stout Silver Medal Daylily Garden

This college campus garden is home to generations of award winning flowers.
kendrawashere Added by kendrawashere
Tilaco, Mexico

"El Huracán de la Sierra" (Hurricane of the Sierra)

This truck is celebrated as part of the "miracle" that connected this town to the rest of Mexico.
linkogecko Added by linkogecko
Bacalar, Mexico

Bacalar House of Culture

This city's cultural center is in a restored Spanish colonial home from the 1800s.
linkogecko Added by linkogecko
Freetown, Sierra Leone

Kissy Boundary Gun

A curiously placed cannon along a roundabout in Freetown marks the boundary of the old city.
PatTheGreat Added by PatTheGreat
Cuernavaca, Mexico

Museo Robert Brady

An incredible little museum of interior design full of artifacts collected from around the world.
Monsieur Mictlan Added by Monsieur Mictlan
Jalpan de Serra, Mexico

Museo Histórico de la Sierra Gorda (Historical Museum of the Sierra Gorda)

The building that houses this museum is as historic as its collection.
linkogecko Added by linkogecko
Freetown, Sierra Leone

King Tom Commonwealth War Grave Cemetery

A seaside cemetery honors the Commonwealth soldiers and sailors that died in Sierra Leone during World War I and II.
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Verdú, Spain

Museu del Joguet (Toy Museum of Catalonia)

Museum of amazing old toys and automata.
Milledgeville, Georgia

Central State Hospital

One of the largest-ever mental hospitals now sits abandoned, surrounded by 25,000 unmarked graves.
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Valongo, Portugal

Valongo Sanatorium

An abandoned tuberculosis hospital said to be haunted by the patients who died within its walls.
Added by touny71
Otwock, Poland

Zofiówka Sanatorium

An abandoned Jewish sanatorium is tucked within the woods of Poland.
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