London, England
Whispering Gallery at St Paul’s Cathedral
Hear the quietest sound from across the dome.
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London, England
Hear the quietest sound from across the dome.
London, England
A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.
London, England
London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.
Paris, France
The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.
Paris, France
If you look closely at the oldest bridge in Paris, you might notice hundreds of ugly faces leering from its sides.
Paris, France
This bridge was constructed from the rubble of the infamous Bastille.
Paris, France
A popular shrine where the Blessed Virgin allegedly appeared in 1830, displaying a holy armchair and two incorruptible remains of Lady Saints.
Paris, France
The history of radiation is on safe display at the foot of a radiation science laboratory.
Paris, France
Exquisite wall sculptures carved in secret by an early quarryman in an obscure corner of the Paris Catacombs.
Paris, France
Site of a classic 19th-century physics experiment to prove the earth is rotating.
Paris, France
The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.
New York, New York
Visit the monolithic tomb of America's most famous general.
New York, New York
This subterranean oyster house has been the pearl of Grand Central Station since 1913.
Staten Island, New York
Once America's longest-manned military fort, now an abandoned hulk.
New York, New York
The oldest surviving bridge in New York City, which reopened to pedestrians in 2015.
New York, New York
In 1986, Keith Haring was arrested for painting this anti-drug mural on a Harlem handball court.
Brooklyn, New York
A cruise terminal that changes the atmosphere of Red Hook's industrial waterfront.
New York, New York
This taxidermy scene brings the struggle for survival in the Indian jungle to a quiet corner of a Manhattan museum.
New York, New York
This poignant display is now a memorial to these regionally extinct species.
New York, New York
One of the most dazzling dioramas at the American Museum of Natural History is also one of the oldest.
New York, New York
An homage to Jackie Gleason's bus-driving character from 'The Honeymooners.'
New York, New York
This morbid scene depicts the Darwinian drama of death on the African savannah.
Brooklyn, New York
The rare American Civil War-era weapon was never fired in anger.
New York, New York
If it hadn't been caught in time, a flaw in the design of this Manhattan skyscraper could have led to its collapse.