London, England
The Buried Remains of Little Compton Street
The signs of a long buried road can still be found hidden beneath a London sewer grate.
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London, England
The signs of a long buried road can still be found hidden beneath a London sewer grate.
London, England
Hear the quietest sound from across the dome.
London, England
A special shop catering to the needs of things that go bump in the night, and also helps kids become writers.
London, England
Rebuilt remains of a temple to Roman god Mithras.
London, England
The quaint little store that is said to have inspired a famous Dickens novel was only given its name after the book was released.
London, England
Several plaster noses are hidden in plain sight around London's Soho neighborhood.
London, England
A 1,215-foot tunnel transports pedestrians beneath the River Thames.
London, England
A student driver's nightmare.
London, England
An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.
London, England
Hidden beneath the streets of London is a secret subway that only carried mail.
London, England
Banksy gives themself artistic license with this piece of London street art.
London, England
The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.
London, England
This churchyard arbor is surrounded by hundreds of gravestones placed there by author Thomas Hardy.
London, England
This shop and gallery is a modern-day cabinet of curiosities, unassumingly positioned along an urban thoroughfare.
London, England
A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.
London, England
This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.
Anagni, Italy
The “Sistine Chapel” of the Middle Ages merges 11th-century science and religion in wondrous hues.
Torre Annunziata, Italy
This tiny islet has somehow housed an ancient temple, two monasteries, a church, a fortress, and a restaurant.
Novara, Italy
This Italian pyramid is said to hold the mingled remains of the dead from both sides of the Battle of Novara.
Matera, Italy
Skulls and skeletons are omnipresent in this church dedicated to souls trapped in purgatory.
Muggia, Italy
These pools have been abandoned for over 20 years.
Genoa, Italy
This cathedral hides a sculpted dog that determines your fate and an unexploded shell from World War II.
Zermatt, Switzerland
One of the highest emergency huts in the world has been waiting almost a century to give imperiled climbers a place to lie down.
Matera, Italy
An abandoned quarry hides an open-air gallery of huge sculptures, some made from the rubble of 9/11.