London, England
Sir Richard Burton's Tent-Tomb
Eclectic final resting place of the controversial explorer.
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London, England
Eclectic final resting place of the controversial explorer.
Warminster, England
The longest hedge maze in the world.
Littledean, England
A 200-year-old prison that now houses a peculiar crime museum.
Cricket Saint Thomas, England
The mouldering remains of a disgraced British children's icon are hidden in the brush of a public park.
Maidstone, England
This former abandoned hospital, a complex of stunning 19th century buildings, once housed 2,000 psychiatric patients.
Shoreham-by-Sea, England
This tiny 1930s Art Deco airport is a beautiful remnant of a bygone era.
Hallsands, England
The abandoned fishing village was swept right into the sea.
Medway, England
This abandoned gun tower was built to defend the River Thames from a French naval attack.
Bristol, England
England's steepest street has such a drastic incline that locals tie their parked cars to lampposts when it gets icy.
Capel Saint Andrew, England
The scene of the United Kingdom's most famous UFO incident, dubbed the "British Roswell."
London, England
Tombstones and enigmatic inscriptions hide within a vault beneath a popular London arts venue.
Colchester, England
Centuries later, the victims of Great Britain's greatest hysteria are finally being remembered.
London, England
A masterpiece of Art Deco architecture hidden in plain sight in West London.
Jersey City, New Jersey
Now abandoned, the first public health hospital in the U.S. saw more than one million immigrants from around the world.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
A floating cat sanctuary on an Amsterdam canal.
New York, New York
The phone booths of New York City have all but disappeared, but their remains were once found in this "graveyard," sadly now removed as well.
Brooklyn, New York
Abandoned 19th century homes once occupied by naval officers, soon to be demolished.
Queens, New York
This Queens hospital has stood abandoned for almost 20 years after its patients were secretly relocated in the dead of night.
Brooklyn, New York
One of the deadliest American air disasters is nearly forgotten in Brooklyn.
New York, New York
Gang fights don't just happen on the streets, they happen under them too.
Brooklyn, New York
Where infamous mobster and leader of Murder Inc. Albert Anastasia made his home.
New York, New York
The greatest real estate coup of all time.
Brooklyn, New York
Known as the "Forgotten City" it was home to industry, riots, artists, squatters, and to one of the largest single disaster fires in New York City.
New York, New York
A plaque immortalizes the spot where the early American spy said his famous last words: "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country."