Las Vegas, Nevada
Lonnie Hammargren's House
This former lieutenant governor's home is brimming with curiosities.
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Las Vegas, Nevada
This former lieutenant governor's home is brimming with curiosities.
Singapore
A former reservoir that was only recently discovered after more than 60 years of disuse.
Los Angeles, California
During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.
Baia, Italy
A submerged archeological park still holds the wonders of a Roman Sodom.
Lviv, Ukraine
Get past the gatekeeper's apartment and enter an elaborate hoax of a restaurant with a Masonic feel.
Prague, Czechia
Countless grotesque faces stare out from this eerie Prague art wall.
Ischia, Italy
Deceased nuns were placed on stone chairs to decompose, while the surviving nuns prayed near the lifeless bodies.
Staten Island, New York
This empty Victorian manse on Staten Island is said to be haunted but is actually a real life crime scene.
New York, New York
The walls are decorated with whimsical murals painted by the creator of the Madeline franchise.
New York, New York
Great place to have a drink and a bite to eat in an atmosphere laden with New York's Bohemian past.
New York, New York
One of the last Jazz Age "Wonder Theaters" in New York City.
New York, New York
A hip bar decorated with walls of golden skulls.
New York, New York
A New York garbage depot holds a secret collection of weird and wonderful refuse.
New York, New York
Dodge prohibitionists and slide through the telephone booth in Crif Dogs.
London, England
This small collection of rare books was uniquely locked up for safe keeping.
London, England
A little slice of Japan and its aesthetics in London's Holland Park.
London, England
Claiming to be the oldest hat store in the world, this historic haberdashery had a hand (and a head) in the creation of the Bowler.
London, England
This hidden green space is the city's second largest conservatory.
London, England
The sixth of London's "Magnificent Seven" cemeteries, and a source of unlikely inspiration to Beatrix Potter.
London, England
A historic London pub with prison cells in the cellar and a "spy room" on the second floor.
London, England
Remnants of a Victorian garden feature sitting in public woodland.
London, England
Several plaster noses are hidden in plain sight around London's Soho neighborhood.
London, England
The only university zoological museum in London houses extinct animals, bizarre natural history specimens, and a Micrarium of microscopic creatures.
Peach Springs, Arizona
In a 345-million-year-old cave that's 200 feet underground, dinner awaits.