London, England
Horniman Museum and Gardens
A Victorian natural history and ethnographic museum with wonderful turn-of-the-century, science-book-esque evolution displays.
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London, England
A Victorian natural history and ethnographic museum with wonderful turn-of-the-century, science-book-esque evolution displays.
London, England
The world's first underground farm is in a World War II bomb shelter beneath the streets of London.
London, England
Catacombs turned marketplace.
London, England
A cluttered and astounding collection of antiquities and curiosities.
London, England
A mysterious artist-run cabinet of curiosities and library.
London, England
Several plaster noses are hidden in plain sight around London's Soho neighborhood.
London, England
A tongue-in-cheek arcade where the games are based on everyday life.
London, England
An alleyway plaque is all that remains of the independent Texas' envoy that forgot to pay their rent for over a century.
London, England
A 1,215-foot tunnel transports pedestrians beneath the River Thames.
London, England
Hear the quietest sound from across the dome.
London, England
A subterranean ice warehouse that has lain hidden beneath central London for over a century is now open to the public.
London, England
One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.
London, England
An unusual round church in London with a Templar past.
London, England
A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.
London, England
This South London cemetery holds the remains of more than 15,000 people.
London, England
A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.
Godalming, England
The hidden "ballroom" under a mansion lake was built by a criminal who ate a cyanide pill during his trial.
Oxford, England
The beloved fantasy novelist is buried near a church containing a whimsical etched glass window full of Narnia favorites.
Wierschem, Germany
This medieval castle overlooking the Elzbach river looks just like it did hundreds of years ago.
Paris, France
A 16th-century fountain marks the site of a lost medieval cemetery once filled with mass graves.
Chester, England
Western Europe's only representation of a Roman goddess still in its original location sits in an unassuming park.
Baltimore, Maryland
The man who first patented the Ouija board rests in peace beneath a headstone that playfully reflects that achievement.
London, England
Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
This gorgeous reading room houses the oldest and largest art history library in the Netherlands.