San Francisco, California
Rincon Center Murals
These WWII-era murals were initially booed as a libelous portrayal of the American dream but have survived multiple attempts to have them destroyed.
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San Francisco, California
These WWII-era murals were initially booed as a libelous portrayal of the American dream but have survived multiple attempts to have them destroyed.
Berkeley, California
The century-old bell and clock tower at UC Berkeley is the third-tallest in the world, and has fossils.
Berkeley, California
An amazing collection of fantastic reptiles, amphibians, spiders, and insects.
London, England
A network of concealed passageways lies within a busy London Underground station.
London, England
After nearly 60 years, there's still a bear at Paddington Station looking for help.
London, England
A naturally mummified 2,000-year-old man.
London, England
A collection of comics, graphic novels, animation and caricatures devoted to exploring this often overlooked art form.
London, England
The remains of Crystal Palace Great Exhibition of 1851.
London, England
This wildly-tiled artist's palace is a living and growing account of the creator's life, loves, and labors.
London, England
The world's first underground farm is in a World War II bomb shelter beneath the streets of London.
England
A historic house left in "dramatic still life."
London, England
Remnants of a Victorian garden feature sitting in public woodland.
London, England
The anatomical-pathological collection of a man who changed surgery.
London, England
The largest of London's subterranean rivers and once a mad, bad center of London life.
London, England
A vast overgrown cemetery, once known as one of London's "Magnificent Seven."
London, England
A 1,215-foot tunnel transports pedestrians beneath the River Thames.
London, England
The only university zoological museum in London houses extinct animals, bizarre natural history specimens, and a Micrarium of microscopic creatures.
London, England
A subterranean ice warehouse that has lain hidden beneath central London for over a century is now open to the public.
London, England
Winding paths and ramshackle mausoleums in the oldest "park cemetery" in London.
London, England
The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.
Koya, Japan
Largest graveyard in all of Japan surrounds a famous mausoleum.
Kyoto, Japan
Twelve hundred stone carvings guard this off-the-beaten-path Buddhist temple.
Ōmihachiman-shi, Japan
A Japanese cat island also populated by the descendants of a band of banished samurai.
Agano, Japan
A failed Russian themed village and amusement park in Niigata prefecture.