Places Edited by beefjorky

This coffee shop lies hidden beneath a historic church.

The ruins of a church destroyed by both the Great Fire of London and the Blitz, now turned into a peaceful garden.

This hydrochronometer was invented by a Dominican monk and is a prime feature in this garden.

Drink among marionettes at this pub inside a historic puppet theater.

A sculpture park that takes the use of clay to a whole new level.

Everything from miniature biblical scenes to life-sized statues are almond-based at this sweet and nutty gallery.

These official units of measurement—including chains and perches—lie hidden beneath tourists' feet in a popular London hub.

A rotating cast of guys and dolls in front of a Washington, D.C. building.

People escaping slavery may have hidden inside a corpse vault.

A clone-tree in Washington Square Park sprung from seeds that went to the Moon and back.

This whimsically named Vietnamese stream is closer to a walkway than a waterway.

Architectural monsters are devouring this palace's every door and window.

Delicate Wurlitzers, creepy clowns, and The Noid all share space in this insane explosion of kitsch history.

Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.

Electrical curiosity museum housed in an old transformer station.

Ant sculptures march up the side of what used to be an iconic spot in punk rock lore.

Brussels' favorite peeing boy has a sister.

Cozy basement bar sports an inventory of over 2,000 beers.

London's smallest police station is barely the size of a phone booth.

A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.

A desert in southeast Asia, complete with a beautiful lake covered in lotus flowers.

Enormous pendulum helps keep Taiwan's tallest building from swaying.

Mural made of 100,000 pieces of hand blown glass, and one of the largest glass murals in the US.

A master of trompe-l'oeil creates a stunning, tourist-fooling dome out of a flat ceiling.