Prague, Czechia
The Devil's Column
According to local legend, the devil shattered this column after losing a bet.
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Prague, Czechia
According to local legend, the devil shattered this column after losing a bet.
Prague, Czechia
The largest and best-preserved rotunda in Prague.
Prague, Czechia
A turn of the century building boasting some of the most beautiful art nouveau architecture in Prague.
Prague, Czechia
Throughout this shopping mall are medieval ruins that were discovered during the mall's construction.
Prague, Czechia
An existential riddle in the world's largest ancient castle.
Prague, Czechia
Around 100,000 bodies are buried below the medieval headstones, many of which mark graves with multiple bodies stacked up to 12 deep.
Prague, Czechia
A surreal statue honoring Prague's favorite literary son.
Prague, Czechia
Synagogue built from the stones of Solomon's temple contains the golem of Prague.
Prague, Czechia
Bullet holes in the church wall are a reminder of the violence that followed the assassination of a high-ranking Nazi officer.
Prague, Czechia
This tipsy office building in downtown Prague was originally called “Fred and Ginger.”
London, England
England's “third-oldest college” has not graduated a single student in over 400 years.
London, England
London’s first road overpass is so old that it was originally built for horse-drawn carriages.
London, England
London's amazing modernist public square that never was.
London, England
This statue of one of the engineers who created the London Underground hides a ventilation shaft for the tube lines that run under the street.
London, England
The last four extravagant street signs of London's historic banking street.
London, England
The location Geoffrey Chaucer and tale-telling pilgrims set off for Canterbury in April 1386.
London, England
The site of London’s first coffee house has been serving refreshments of one kind or another for 360 years.
London, England
This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.
London, England
These Victorian era devil sculptures were designed to spite a local vicar.
London, England
Hidden behind a wall for decades, this masonic lodge was only rediscovered during renovations.
London, England
This 19th-century Turkish bath house survived the Blitz of London and is now an events venue.
London, England
A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.
London, England
This Underground station has been a popular filming location for decades, even before it closed.
London, England
Victorian-era Londoners really wanted to believe this 17th-century cistern was actually an ancient artifact.