Florence, Italy
Santa Maria Novella Pharmacy
The oldest operating pharmacy in the world features 800-year-old recipes.
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Florence, Italy
The oldest operating pharmacy in the world features 800-year-old recipes.
Florence, Italy
The mummified relic of St. Antoninus.
Florence, Italy
A slightly creepy gallery of plaster cast models in the same museum as Michelangelo's David.
Florence, Italy
This bronze boar's snout has been rubbed to a golden sheen by visitors seeking good fortune.
Venice, Italy
The only museum with its curator—and her pets—buried inside.
Venice, Italy
This Roman statue is missing a limb from when the Venetians stole it from Constantinople during the Crusades.
Venice, Italy
Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.
Florence, Italy
The middle finger of modernity.
London, England
This churchyard arbor is surrounded by hundreds of gravestones placed there by author Thomas Hardy.
Stansted, England
Thrilling and delicious complement to any dining experience.
London, England
An unusual ode to the late Irish playwright, complete with a squiggly bust and coffin-shaped bench.
London, England
London's smallest police station is barely the size of a phone booth.
London, England
These official units of measurement—including chains and perches—lie hidden beneath tourists' feet in a popular London hub.
London, England
The Tudor-style cottage in the middle of the square is not quite what it seems.
London, England
This pump on the bad side of Victorian London betrayed a horrifying revelation about the water supply.
London, England
Installed at a chaotic intersection, this gave London traffic cops a place to hang their heavy woolen coats.
London, England
Several plaster noses are hidden in plain sight around London's Soho neighborhood.
London, England
A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.
London, England
An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.
London, England
This unassuming alcove in London’s famous Tower Bridge once served to capture, store, and display dead bodies from the River Thames.
London, England
Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.
London, England
An architectural oddity hides in plain sight on this iconic London bridge.
Maastricht, Netherlands
This historical Netherlands fortress still bears the marks of its single siege.
Maastricht, Netherlands
Incredible labyrinth of man made caves.