Pateley Bridge, England
Oldest Sweet Shop in England
The oldest candy store in England has been selling traditional sweets since 1827.
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Pateley Bridge, England
The oldest candy store in England has been selling traditional sweets since 1827.
Red Hook, New York
A nearly 100-year-old dining car in upstate New York embodies the golden age of roadside dining.
Kyoto, Japan
One of Kyoto's oldest food establishments has supplied soba noodles to temple priests and the Imperial Palace.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Parts of the civil rights movement unfolded in this historic eatery, helmed by the "Queen of Creole Cuisine."
Palermo, Italy
Thousands of well-dressed mummies below a monastery.
Melnik, Czechia
Underneath this small church are 15,000 bones, arranged by an obsessive academic.
Klatovy, Czechia
These 17th-century mummies are no longer naturally preserved, but remain on display today.
Rome, Italy
A burial vault located under Tiber Island in the middle of the Italian capital.
Mosta, Malta
These lesser-known Maltese catacombs date back over 1,700 years.
Birmingham, England
A hidden gem in the middle of the city's infamous Jewelry Quarter.
Naples, Italy
The Neapolitan Cult of the Dead still cares for the skulls at this mini-Fontanelle.
Washington, D.C.
Franciscan monks created a facsimile of the Holy Land for North Americans who couldn’t afford the trip overseas.
Toronto, Ontario
This historic library honors the legacy of the British Empire's first children's librarian.
Toronto, Ontario
Known as "Toronto's Flatiron."
Niagara Falls, Ontario
A tunnel that brings more than a century of history to life from the deepest parts of the Niagara Gorge.
Ottawa, Ontario
Now a public art piece, this curious metal feature originally advertised a tinsmith's services.
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario
This impressive working clock made of 16,000 plants changes its flowers twice a year.
Aurora, Ontario
Canada's first pet cemetery is now abandoned.
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
An old drug store full of mortars and pestles, pill-making machines, and medicines reputed to cure most any illness.
Ohsweken, Ontario
This Haudenosaunee restaurant is a delicious tribute to indigenous cuisine.
Montreal, Québec
A patch of contaminated land reclaimed as a scrappy sculptural oasis.
Montreal, Québec
A swirling spectrum of stained glass dazzles visitors who enter this subway station.
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
This small collection in the back of a shop is the only oddities museum in Saskatoon.
Halifax, Nova Scotia
This historic cemetery stopped accepting bodies before many Canadian cities were founded.