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Fred Cherrygarden

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A Tokyo native, lifelong Alice in Wonderland devotee, antique dealer, fantasy author, Lord of Sealand, Baron of Ladonia, citizen of Flandrensis, and oftentimes a victim of sloppy editing…
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The staircase is the entrance to the main monastery.

Tallinn, Estonia

Ichthus Art Gallery

A secluded art gallery hidden within the cellars beneath Tallinn’s medieval monastery.

Old air purification system.

Tallinn, Estonia

Tallinn Kiek in de Kök

This medieval Estonian tower provides access to a series of tunnels that have been home to soldiers, punks, and fine art.

Arlanda Airport Runestone

Stockholm, Sweden

Arlanda Airport Runestone

An 11th-century runestone decorates the halls of Terminal 2 of this Scandinavian travel hub.

One of the skulls.

Stockholm, Sweden

'The Battle of Gotland 1361' Exhibit

This grisly exhibit houses skeletons and weapons from a devastating 14th-century clash.

Kymlinge Metro Station

Stockholm, Sweden

Kymlinge Metro Station

"Only the dead get off at Kymlinge."

Ribbinska Huset

Stockholm, Sweden

Ribbinska Huset

It is said that each of the white stones in the red facade of this medieval house represents the head of a murdered Swedish noble.

Uppland Runic Inscription 53

Stockholm, Sweden

Uppland Runic Inscription 53

An ancient Viking runestone hidden in plain view in Stockholm's old town.

The Codex Gigas (the Devil's Bible) open to the portrait of the devil.

Stockholm, Sweden

Codex Gigas (The Devil's Bible)

An illuminated manuscript comprising the life's work of a lone monk, inexplicably decorated with a portrait of Satan himself.

Arco della Costa

Verona, Italy

Whale Bone of Arco della Costa

A whale rib was used to advertise the store by the arch that offered exotic goods from far away.

Katoghike Church today, with the new St. Anna Church behind it.

Yerevan, Armenia

Katoghike Church

This little medieval church hidden in the center of Yerevan was lost and rediscovered—twice.

 Inside One of The Caves

Prague, Czechia

Grotta

This artificial cave looks like something out of a fairytale.

The mummified forearm

Prague, Czechia

The Thief's Arm at Kostel Sv. Jakuba Vetsiho

A 400-year-old mummified arm dangles from the ceiling of St. James the Greater, serving as a warning to thieves.

The pedestrian tunnel under Jelení příkop (the Deer Moat)

Prague, Czechia

The Deer Moat Pedestrian Tunnel

The tunnel's elegant proportions keep you snug with no claustrophobia freak-out.

Gunkanjima Island

Nagasaki, Japan

Gunkanjima Island

Once the most densely populated place in the world, this island is now a ghost town.

An overgrown path.

Prague, Czechia

Olšany Cemetery

Walk through Czech history in Prague's largest graveyard.

Leighton Library

Dunblane, Scotland

Leighton Library

The oldest library in Scotland was built from the remains of a church to hold a churchman's library.

Beautiful!

Portsoy, Scotland

Findlater Castle

These ruins are a hidden gem, complete with fantastic views over the cliff edge.

The Drovers Inn

Argyll and Bute, Scotland

The Drovers Inn

Nestled amid the peaks and lochs of the Scottish Highlands, this inn and pub has played host to outlaws and ghosts.

Details.

London, England

The Burney Relief

This bewitching Babylonian goddess haunts a hallway of the British Museum.

36 Blythe Road, the former site of the London Order of the Golden Dawn Temple.

London, England

36 Blythe Road

Where Aleister Crowley attempted to seize the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn in a mask and a kilt.

Potosí Silver Mines

Potosi, Bolivia

Potosí Silver Mines

Mountain of unimaginable riches that bankrolled the Spanish Empire, complete with its own underworld god.

From Temple of the Sun -- Pacific Ocean in distance

Lima, Peru

Pachacamac

The remains of what was the most important religious complex in coastal Peru for over a millennium.

Row after row of skulls

Lima, Peru

The Room of 10,000 Ancient Skulls

Lima’s Museum of Anthropology is lined with thousands of elongated human craniums.

Gone .... Forever?

Lima, Peru

Convento de San Francisco Ossuary

The mortal remains of an estimated 70,000 people lie in the basement of a monastery in Lima, Peru.

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