Darwin, Australia
Darwin Oil Storage Tunnels
World War II ended before these tunnels built to protect vital oil from Japanese bombs were ever used.
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Darwin, Australia
World War II ended before these tunnels built to protect vital oil from Japanese bombs were ever used.
Manchester, England
A 19th-century time capsule of travel, fiction, and historic texts still available to the public.
Petrovaradin, Serbia
A maze of underground tunnels beneath one of the most beautiful forts in Serbia.
Taxco, Mexico
This centuries-old mine remained hidden beneath a hotel bar until 2013.
New York, New York
The beautiful tunnel that ran from the lobby to Penn Station is still hidden underneath 34th Street.
Erfurt, Germany
This historic stone bridge has an entire neighborhood clinging to its sides.
Mlolongo, Kenya
This beautiful, all-in-one museum, private residence, and bed and breakfast houses a rich collection of African art.
Savannah, Georgia
Tucked away inside a historic Savannah hotel is a hundred-year history presented in ladies' lids.
Brooklyn, New York
One of New York's best collections of pinball is hidden in a secret bar in the back of this laundromat.
Brooklyn, New York
Nature and beauty amidst pollution and industrial wreckage.
Brooklyn, New York
A modern zoetrope on the New York City subway.
Queens, New York
This mysterious marker puzzles pedestrians and infuriates geographers.
Brooklyn, New York
This striking arch, one of the first architectural elements constructed in Prospect Park, was recently restored to its original glory.
Brooklyn, New York
This secluded ruin was once a home for exotic plants.
Shrewsbury, Massachusetts
All that remains of the Whittall mansion are the ruins of the formal garden and its pergola, dedicated to the late Matthew J. Whittall by his widow.
Dunmore, Scotland
A once extravagant mansion, now reduced to ruin.
Claiborne County, Mississippi
An eerie and beautiful group of columns mark the site of a grand mansion lost to time and fire.
Vicksburg, Mississippi
This iron and wood Civil War city-ship was the first vessel to be sunk by an electrically detonated torpedo.
Hazlehurst, Mississippi
A blues musician so talented that people said he must have traded his soul to the devil was born in this house.
Savannah, Georgia
An eerie smiling woman looms above the granite tombstones.
New York, New York
One of the only single-person private gravesites in New York City.
Savannah, Georgia
This haunting tombstone comes complete with a heartbreaking story of love and loss.
San Biagio Platani, Italy
Every Easter, a small Sicilian town builds a stunning cathedral out of bread.
Binissalem, Spain
Gargantuan pots of slow-cooked lamb, noodles, and red wine feed everyone at a Mallorcan harvest festival.