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The Nok Caves

Tandjouare, Togo

Nok Caves

Hidden dwellings in the cliffsides of North Togo used by local Moba tribes to evade 18th-century slave traders.

The monument.

Houghton le Spring, England

Penshaw Monument

The nearly 200-year-old folly has a secret spiral staircase hidden in one of its pillars.

A sign led the photographers to this cactus nursery in North Yorkshire, England.

The Search for the World’s Most Enchanting Greenhouses

Two plant-obsessed photographers are on a mission.

Sarah Laskow August 30, 2017

A snippet of text from a palimpsest page found at Saint Catherine's.

Found: Hidden Examples of Long-Lost Languages in Centuries-Old Palimpsests

New imaging techniques are revealing texts that were erased hundreds of years ago.

Sarah Laskow August 29, 2017

Kilroy Was Here.

Washington, D.C.

Kilroy Was Here

There’s a hidden military meme engraved on the World War II Memorial.

An archway like no other.

East Molesey, England

Anne Boleyn's Gateway

Carved initials which are nearly 500 years old preserve the deposed Queen's presence at Hampton Court Palace.

The Barbican Conservatory's Arid House.

London, England

Barbican Conservatory

This hidden green space is the city's second largest conservatory.

View of Snake Island.

Snake Island

A small island hides in plain sight on Austin's Lady Bird Lake.

Lower Lower Wacker Drive.

Chicago, Illinois

Lower Lower Wacker Drive

Illegal drag racing two stories beneath Chicago’s streets.

The heavy iron door is unlocked.

Washington, D.C.

Mount Zion Cemetery's Underground Railroad Shelter

People escaping slavery may have hidden inside a corpse vault.

Part of an medieval aqueduct

La Crypte Archéologique de Nice

The construction of a tram line unveiled hidden remnants of the old medieval city.

Woodland, Wisconsin

The Painted Forest

An unassuming house in Wisconsin hides a transient artist’s magnum opus.

The first page of the letter.

Found: A Letter to the Future From 1995

The walls of a suburban house contained a secret missive.

Sarah Laskow July 18, 2017

Operation Tracer Cave

There was a top secret plan during World War II to seal a group of soldiers inside the rock.

100-year-old tracks on Sunset Beach

Cape May, New Jersey

Sometimes Train Tracks of Sunset Beach

Several times a year, during low tide, two pairs of historic train tracks are revealed on this New Jersey beach.

Washington, D.C.

Lincoln Memorial Undercroft

A cavernous three-story, 43,800-square-foot basement that was forgotten about for 60 years.

The box tunnel flooded with light

Box Tunnel Entrance

The designer of this railway tunnel added a birthday present for himself.

Washington, D.C.

Abandoned Drawbridge Control Room

The hidden offices underneath Memorial Bridge have been locked up since 1976.