Places Edited by evilolive

A life-sized imperial army, buried in battle formation, has stood underground for over 2,000 years—built not for war, but for eternity.

This sprawling, Brutalist estate feels like a city within a city.

A haunting contrast of trains that both saved and took the lives of Jewish children in Nazi Germany.

The iconic egg tart gets an upgrade with a laminated sourdough crust.

An art installation commemorates journalist Nellie Bly's undercover reporting inside a New York asylum.

At this former Prohibition speakeasy, electric birds signaled the arrival of hooch.

An imperial church bombed to ruins during WWII now stands as a jagged memorial.

This religious site features Nepal’s largest statue of Buddha.

At one of Berlin’s oldest churches, visitors can place mosaic tiles to help restore a medieval mural.

It celebrates a very stinky task and salutes London's fatberg-vanquishing team.

The oldest Hindu temple complex in Nepal serves as the seat of Nepal’s national deity, Lord Pashupatinath.

Rare wooden escalators lead deep down into an otherwise staggeringly monotonous tiled tunnel.

Mysterious ancient petroglyphs carved on a glacial boulder at the tip of Bainbridge Island.

The World Wide Web was created in this nondescript corridor at CERN.

One of downtown Berlin's last reminders of its Communist past.

A headstone notes where the most famous of Robin Hood's legendary Merry Men is reportedly buried.

A vast necropolis where you'll find the elaborate mausoleums of Argentinian tango stars.

The last remaining example of the boatmen's perches that once dotted the south bank of the Thames.

Thousands of abandoned statues of deities are taken to this hillside in southern Hong Kong.

Parking garage where Bob Woodward met Watergate source "Deep Throat."

This plaza at the end of the world teems with monumental tributes to a problematic history, and laser discs.

Religious perseverance and cultural coexistence manifest in an architectural gem that multiple wars couldn't topple.

It’s not hard to see why the historic Peabody Conservatory of Music’s library has been described as a “cathedral of books.”

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe’s grave.