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A hidden treasure in London with a rich medieval history, and the resting place of many luminaries.

A clock designed to run with perfect accuracy for 10,000 years.

This unique bridge curls up like a caterpillar to let boats pass and then unfurls again to span a small canal.

Artists and musicians now rule over this former rail station.

The remains of Crystal Palace Great Exhibition of 1851.

Over 70 independent businesses have set up shop in this former Victorian department store.

This dreamy street will transport you to wintertime in Victorian England.

The other, lesser-known, Sistine Chapel, sits over 500km away from the Vatican City in an Italian port City.

Psychoanalyst Carl Jung reported a paranormal experience after visiting this mosaic-lined Roman baptistry.

An incredible mosaic-lined monument said to have held the remains of an ancient Roman empress.

Italian poet Dante Alighieri is entombed in this small mausoleum in Ravenna, and his hometown of Florence has never been too happy about it.

The centuries-old cobblestones of a feudal highway remain in the woods of Hakone.

Legend holds eating just one of these black eggs can add seven years to one's life.

The ceiling of this shopping arcade is adorned with six trompe-l’œil artworks, including a grim funeral scene.

An ancient woodland that inspired a young J.R.R. Tolkien.

This 13th-century UNESCO-listed "lion's house" mosque is named after a repurposed lion sculpture.

Hidden behind a wall, Spanish nuns distribute their signature sweets on a revolving tray.

A curious carving hides on a marble column in the Mosque-Cathedral of Córdoba.

The cathedral of a controversial, conservative, schismatic sect that declared the Catholic Church heretical and founded its own succession of popes.

A 16th-century Andalusian palace.

Drink the 'Blood of Christ' in this Roman Catholic fever dream.

These giant sculptures are supported by a bizarre menagerie of feet.

Home to the longest wooden escalators in the world.

Home of the infamous Cauld Lad of Hylton and one of the inspirations behind "Alice" in Sunderland.