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This is the statue of Bel Vizcaya, who was not actually a real person. He was dreamed up by James Deering, who designed Vizcaya in the early 1900’s, and he stands at the entrance to the grounds.

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Ceiling detail in the entry hall of the Flagler Museum in Palm Beach. The carving was intricate, and the gold was real gold.

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Here is the magnificent ballroom of the Flagler mansion, in its heyday and today. You can see carved moldings, electric chandeliers, arched doorways and windows and polished wooden floors.

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Here is the magnificent ballroom of the Flagler mansion, in its heyday and today. You can see carved moldings, electric chandeliers, arched doorways and windows and polished wooden floors.

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One of many wall murals found in the Plateau area of Montreal. This one was on Ontario St E.

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Lola is one of the hookers in this hooked rug shop on Cape Breton Island. She has been hooking for 44 years.

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Mabel and Alexander Graham Bell relaxing on a park bench in Baddeck, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia.

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This gorgeous cat covered with monarch butterflies sits in front of the Cape Breton Centre for Craft and Design. It was created by Lorlee Cunliffe.

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Do you see a lady applying her makeup or do you see a skull? This piece is called “All is vanity” and is found in the Jost House, one of the historic houses in North Sydney.

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Walking through the streets of Prague, you will come across the Astronomical Clock. Each hour, the wooden figures of apostles appear in the windows and some of the sculptures move. When the apostles finish their story, the golden rooster crows and shakes its wings, the bell rings and the clock chimes the hour.


An urban myth which went on for centuries was that when the Prague Councillors found out that the 15th century clock maker Hanus (Jan of Ruze) was going to make another clock, they became jealous and blinded him. However in 1961, the real artist was discovered in an old document which described the astronomical dial and says it was made by Mikulas of Kadan in 1410.

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