London, England
St Bride's Church & Charnel House
This landmark church concealed a crypt packed with bones that was discovered thanks to the London Blitz.
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London, England
This landmark church concealed a crypt packed with bones that was discovered thanks to the London Blitz.
London, England
19th-century scientists would make the pilgrimage here to verify the precision of their measuring sticks.
London, England
A network of concealed passageways lies within a busy London Underground station.
London, England
An incarceration museum on the spot of possibly the oldest prison in England.
London, England
Several plaster noses are hidden in plain sight around London's Soho neighborhood.
London, England
A student driver's nightmare.
London, England
A subterranean ice warehouse that has lain hidden beneath central London for over a century is now open to the public.
New York, New York
A plaque immortalizes the spot where the early American spy said his famous last words: "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country."
New York, New York
A sculptural commentary on capitalism pokes up from the East River.
Brooklyn, New York
Thriving meadows span a rooftop in one of Brooklyn's most heavily industrialized neighborhoods.
New York, New York
This hidden library of physiological ephemera contains centuries worth of knowledge on the vim and viscera of the human body.
New York, New York
This abandoned subway station can still be seen on regular commuter trips.
Sorrento, Italy
An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.
Dublin, Ireland
This supermarket offers shoppers a window into the past alongside their groceries.
Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Flowers have mysteriously appeared on her effigy every day for the last 150 years.
Bern, Switzerland
A nearly 500-year-old sculpture depicts a man eating a sack of babies, and no one is sure why.
London, England
This small, round building is the entrance to a bomb shelter built in anticipation of World War II.
New York, New York
Manhattan's lighthouse, erected at the insistence of the unsinkable Molly Brown.
Rijeka, Croatia
This military tunnel dates back to World War II and provides visitors with a little wartime adrenaline.
Zrenj, Croatia
Croatia's "hairy stone" fortress is one of the most well preserved Istrian castles.
Pula, Croatia
One of the best-preserved Roman amphitheaters is still used today, but for less brutal events.
Plitvička Jezera, Croatia
A chain of 16 wondrous lakes formed as a result of the gradual dissolution of soluble layers of bedrock.
Komiža, Croatia
An ethereal glowing blue ocean cave in Croatia.
Lisbon, Portugal
Ring the bell to enter a bar that looks equal parts museum and old curiosity shop.