Rome, Italy
Domus Aurea
The engineering wonder and pleasure dome of a much-maligned emperor still holds undiscovered secrets.
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Rome, Italy
The engineering wonder and pleasure dome of a much-maligned emperor still holds undiscovered secrets.
Rome, Italy
This former Roman Catholic Church still contains the embalmed hearts and organs of 22 popes.
Rome, Italy
Architectural monsters are devouring this palace's every door and window.
Rome, Italy
The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."
Rome, Italy
Installed in an act of one-upsmanship, the annual sundial in this church is also a symbolic victory for the Gregorian calendar.
Cambridge, England
A complicated contraption for telling time by the moon.
Winchester, England
This silent sentry in the crypt below a large Gothic cathedral is often knee-deep in water.
Northchurch, England
"The Most Wonderful Wonder that ever appeared to the Wonder of the British Nation."
Ware, England
Fantastically decorated underground chambers built in the 1760s.
Clophill, England
A reportedly haunted 14th-century church is curiously facing the “wrong direction.”
Godalming, England
The hidden "ballroom" under a mansion lake was built by a criminal who ate a cyanide pill during his trial.
West Malling, England
A Neolithic burial site built 1,000 years before Stonehenge.
West Wycombe, England
Human-made caves excavated to hide a secret society of wealthy pagans.
Great Missenden, England
This magical museum celebrates the life and work of a seminal children's book writer (and occasional spy).
East Molesey, England
England's oldest surviving hedge maze has been confusing visitors for over 300 years.
London, England
In Twickenham sits a small whitewashed castle that inspired Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein.'
Chislehurst, England
Shakespeare, David Bowie, Dr. Who, the Saxons, Druids and Romans are all claimed to have all made their mark on these massive man made tunnels.
London, England
It is against the law to obstruct the view from the top of this English burial mound.
London, England
Art Deco and “Wrenaissance” mash-up, this recently restored royal residence has been home to kings and comes with secret monkey passages included.
London, England
A gallery specifically dedicated to the botanical illustrations of a remarkable traveling lady.
London, England
Remnants of a Victorian garden feature sitting in public woodland.
London, England
Winding paths and ramshackle mausoleums in the oldest "park cemetery" in London.
London, England
A 1,215-foot tunnel transports pedestrians beneath the River Thames.
London, England
A historic arboretum and non-conformist, non-denominational park cemetery.