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ollieclark96

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Mascarons of Pont Neuf

If you look closely at the oldest bridge in Paris, you might notice hundreds of ugly faces leering from its sides.

Fred Cherrygarden

Added by Fred Cherrygarden

Paris Padlocks of Love

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

amyfreeborn

Added by amyfreeborn

Small Cannon of the Palais Royal

This small, ingenious cannon once helped regulate Parisian life.

Sarah Vanheel CosmopoliClan

Added by Sarah Vanheel CosmopoliClan

Montmartre Funicular

The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.

I Love You Wall

Paris' linguistic guide to the international language of, yes, love.

serflac

Added by serflac

Le Passe-Muraille

This surreal statue brings a famous French novel about a supernatural cad to arresting life.

Added by beckybodnar

Le Chat Noir Collection

Original cabaret handbills, posters, and feline artwork are a purrfect highlight of the Museum of Montmartre.

satxwdavis

Added by satxwdavis

Pont de la Concorde

This bridge was constructed from the rubble of the infamous Bastille.

Allison

Added by Allison

Napoleon's Angels

Twelve grave-faced marble angels guard the emperor's tomb at Les Invalides.

satxwdavis

Added by satxwdavis

Flame of Liberty

This life-size replica of the Statue of Liberty's flame is also a tribute to Princess Diana by default.

Added by Alexander

145 Rue Lafayette

What looks like a normal building is really a hollow facade hiding a subway vent.

EVA

London, England

Former Queen Elizabeth Hospital for Children

This hospital helped pave the way for treatment that drove down child-mortality rates in 19th and 20th centuries.

London, England

Odeon Covent Garden

Formerly known as Saville Theatre, this mid-20th-century entertainment hub includes an ornate frieze.

SEANETTA

Added by SEANETTA

London, England

Allies Sculpture

Bronze sculpture celebrating the relationship between Churchill and Roosevelt.

London, England

Sotheby's Sekhmet

Heralded as the oldest statue in London.

AdOYo

London, England

The Oval Space

This former medical factory gives home to cutting edge arts in the shadow of a gas works.

EricGrundhauser

Added by EricGrundhauser

London, England

The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities, Fine Art & Natural History

This shop and gallery is a modern-day cabinet of curiosities, unassumingly positioned along an urban thoroughfare.

Dylan

London, England

Arnold Circus

A celebrated bandstand at the center of what was once the worst slum in London.

Leslie McIntyre

Added by Leslie McIntyre

London, England

Rochelle School

A wellspring of creativity in an already artsy East London neighborhood.

Gerard Nolan

Added by Gerard Nolan

London, England

Tea Building

A building that survived WWII, possibly on the virtue of its name alone.

EricGrundhauser

Added by EricGrundhauser

London, England

Love Locks of East London

Lovers proclaim their unbreakable bond by leaving their names on locks fastened onto the Shoreditch fence in East London.

amyfreeborn

Added by amyfreeborn

London, England

The Ten Bells Pub

Mary Kelly was last seen here before she was murdered by Jack the Ripper.

Added by allisonmarach

London, England

Spitalfields Charnel House

Preserved behind glass, the ruins of a medieval building used to store human remains.

SEANETTA

Added by SEANETTA

London, England

Dirty Dick's

This pub boasts a curious history and may have inspired a Dickens character.

SEANETTA

Added by SEANETTA