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Scribbling Geek

Writer, photographer, gamer, and mythology lover in Singapore.

https://www.scribblinggeek.com

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London, England

Coade Stone Caryatids

A measuring mishap led to these artificial stone ladies losing their stomachs.

AmunyAnkhesenra

Added by AmunyAnkhesenra

London, England

Café in the Crypt

This coffee shop lies hidden beneath a historic church.

Sam OBrien

Added by Sam OBrien

London, England

Victoria & Albert Museum Dining Rooms

Revel in the Victorian splendor of the world's oldest eating establishment inside a museum.

Rohini Chaki

Added by Rohini Chaki

London, England

The Cartoon Museum

A collection of comics, graphic novels, animation and caricatures devoted to exploring this often overlooked art form.

lukewildman

Added by lukewildman

London, England

Natural History Museum of London

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

Allison

Added by Allison

London, England

The Churchill War Rooms

The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.

Luke J Spencer

Added by Luke J Spencer

London, England

Platform 9 3/4

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

Leslie McIntyre

Added by Leslie McIntyre

Bronze Bathers

The most playful of the life-sized statues that make up Singapore's "People of the River."

serflac

Added by serflac

'Inscription of the Island'

An artist crafted this lonely left hand as an imagined relic from Singapore's history.

Added by tanahpek

Sri Mariamman Temple

Singapore's oldest Hindu temple.

Nikos Taskos

Added by Nikos Taskos

St. Joseph's Church

The first Catholic church in Singapore is a Neo-Gothic colossus with a rich architectural history.

Laura Quinn Goh

Added by Laura Quinn Goh

Henderson Waves

The highest pedestrian bridge in Singapore looks like a series of undulating waves rising between two public parks.

Tony Dunnell

Added by Tony Dunnell

Owaraji (Giant Straw Sandals)

An enormous pair of straw sandals woven in the traditional way—to keep demons at bay.

Fred Cherrygarden

Added by Fred Cherrygarden

Changi Airport Slides

The busy transport hub is home to the tallest airport slide in the world.

Added by Rachel Gould

Brighton, England

West Pier

The rotting skeleton of a shoreside fun fair that was destroyed by fire and storms still haunts the Brighton ocean view.

EricGrundhauser

Added by EricGrundhauser

Brighton, England

The Royal Pavilion

Regency-era excess on the English Coast.

Added by NathanRisinger

World's First Salmon ATM

Frozen in Norway, vended in Singapore.

IvyMike

Added by IvyMike

House of Tan Teng Niah

This house is one of the most colorful in the country, and is the last remaining example of a historic villa.

FrustratedFormerContributor

Added by FrustratedFormerContributor

People's Park Complex

A manifestation of modernist architectural ideas, this massive, multi-purpose building was one of the first of its kind in Southeast Asia.

Added by tanahpek

Chulalongkorn's Elephant Statue

This statue was a gift to commemorate the Thai monarch's first visit to a foreign land.

Added by tanahpek

Mother and Child

A public statue crafted by Singapore's pioneering sculptor, Ng Eng Teng.

Added by tanahpek

Keramat Iskandar Shah

A venerated grave atop an ancient royal hill, often attributed to the last king of Singapura.

Added by tanahpek

Barcelona, Spain

Mirador de Colom (Columbus Monument)

A vista of the city and sea from atop the little-known viewing deck on an unassuming Columbus statue.

Added by captnsusan

Barcelona, Spain

Parc de l'Espanya Industrial

A former steam-powered mill from the 1800s is now an industrial park with a giant steel dragon slide.