Idar-Oberstein, Germany
Felsenkirche (Crag Church)
A tiny chapel clings to a precipice above Germany’s gemstone capital.
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Idar-Oberstein, Germany
A tiny chapel clings to a precipice above Germany’s gemstone capital.
New York, New York
A hidden "place of interment for gentlemen."
Berlin, Germany
On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.
Giverny, France
At Monet's beloved home you can still see the Japanese bridge, waterlilies, and weeping willows that were the subjects of some of his most iconic paintings.
New York, New York
This abandoned caretaker's apartment is one of 13 left in the New York Public Library system.
Glasgow, Scotland
Displaced highlanders would take shelter from the wet Scottish climate under the large walled bridge at Glasgow Central Station.
Berlin, Germany
A unique Holocaust memorial tells the personal stories of the Jewish residents exiled from greater Berlin.
Borre, Denmark
A natural wonder in south Denmark.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The restaurant keeps a hidden séance room on the second floor and reserves a table for the spirit of the former owner each night.
Budapest, Hungary
A series of caves under Castle Hill that once held the prisoner Vlad Tepes, better known as Count Dracula.
Drymen, Scotland
This castle was established by the 4th Duke of Montrose and is connected to the Buchanan Clan.
Warminster, England
The longest hedge maze in the world.
England
Surreal riveted sea forts once protected the Kent shores from German attack.
Alnwick, England
The sign at the garden gate reads: “These Plants Can Kill.”
Coleford, England
The mysterious, fantastical woodland inspiration for "The Lord of the Rings."
Stra, Italy
A complex, nine-layer maze on the grounds of a Venetian doge's playground.
Venice, Italy
This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.
Rome, Italy
The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."
Sorrento, Italy
An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.
London, England
This hidden rooftop garden in downtown London offers a quiet respite from a bustling city.
London, England
A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.
London, England
This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.
London, England
This churchyard arbor is surrounded by hundreds of gravestones placed there by author Thomas Hardy.
London, England
A subterranean ice warehouse that has lain hidden beneath central London for over a century is now open to the public.