London, England
The Mail Rail
Hidden beneath the streets of London is a secret subway that only carried mail.
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London, England
Hidden beneath the streets of London is a secret subway that only carried mail.
London, England
Winding paths and ramshackle mausoleums in the oldest "park cemetery" in London.
London, England
The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.
London, England
London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.
London, England
This shop and gallery is a modern-day cabinet of curiosities, unassumingly positioned along an urban thoroughfare.
London, England
A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.
London, England
The commemorative stone column conceals a secret laboratory.
Odense, Denmark
After funding was cut for a memorial to the Danish author, the sculptor had his statue ceremonially lowered into the city harbor.
Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland
Internet rumors, often involving Icelandic singer Björk, have abounded regarding this isolated outcrop of rock.
London, England
The fierce beast perches atop a pedestal marking where the historic City of London gates once stood.
London, England
An unusual round church in London with a Templar past.
London, England
One of the few remaining examples of 19th-century London’s attempt to clean up its reputation.
Paris, France
The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.
Ischia, Italy
Deceased nuns were placed on stone chairs to decompose, while the surviving nuns prayed near the lifeless bodies.
La Maddalena, Italy
Crushed coral and crystals give the sand its signature coloration.
Edinburgh, Scotland
The final resting place of soldiers' loyal canine companions.
Belpasso, Italy
The world's most active stratovolcano is almost always erupting.
Palermo, Italy
Cave shrine on Monte Pellegrino.
Palermo, Italy
Behind medieval walls in a corner of bustling Palermo is a breathtaking former mosque once inhabited by a wolf-taming hermit.
Porto, Portugal
A hidden three-foot-wide house separates these two regal churches.
London, England
The final resting place to 300 Victorian-era pets hides inside the city park.
Dublin, Ireland
An Irish church where an 800-year-old mummy is reaching out of his coffin as if to shake hands.
Kaymaklı Belediyesi, Turkey
While not Turkey's deepest underground city, this subterranean redoubt is the largest.
Turkey
Flames have been burning within this mountain for more than 2,500 years.