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Temple Church

London, England

Temple Church

An unusual round church in London with a Templar past.

Platform 9 3/4

London, England

Platform 9 3/4

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

Anthropomorphic fetish simulated by a manta ray fish.

Madrid, Spain

Reverte Coma Forensic Museum

The morbid items in this small and hidden museum are not for the weak stomached.

The Liberty Bridge replaced the destroyed Ferenc József Bridge in 1946.

Budapest, Hungary

Ruins of the Ferenc József Bridge

When the water level in the Danube in central Budapest is low enough, there is a secret site telling the history of one of the most iconic bridges of the city.

Facade of the former Mármoles Molina shop

Madrid, Spain

Facade of the Former Mármoles Molina Shop

This protected 19th-century façade once housed Mármoles Molina, a company specializing in funerary monuments.

The House of Seven Chimneys.

Madrid, Spain

House of the Seven Chimneys

Known as the Casa de las Siete Chimeneas, this haunted 16th-century manor has a dark, mysterious past.

Farmacia Juanse is a window into a lost world

Madrid, Spain

Farmacia Juanse

A window into a long-lost world, these colorful tiles advertise a long-defunct range of purgative teas, harmless smokables, and diarrhea cures.

corridor

Madrid, Spain

Cárcel de la Corona (Crown Prison)

Hidden under a center for the elderly are the dungeons which were used during the Spanish Inquisition.

Pretty stunning for 250 years old

Madrid, Spain

Real Jardin Botanico

Over two centuries old and counting, Madrid's massive botanical garden contains one of Europe's only desert environments.

Birds of the World in the skies over Alcorcón

Alcorcón, Spain

‘Birds of the World in the Skies Over Alcorcón’

The most emblematic piece by a Peruvian master of pop art ended up placed in a modest square in Alcorcón.

Section of the sewer.

Madrid, Spain

Caños del Peral Archaeological Museum

This small museum tucked within a subway station holds pieces from Madrid's past.

Fountain of the Fallen Angel

Madrid, Spain

Fountain of the Fallen Angel

Commonly acknowledged as the only public monument to the Devil himself.

Mosaico Metro Argüelles

Madrid, Spain

Metro Argüelles Mosaic

Likely the most colorful in the metro network, this mosaic was installed back in 1995.

View of the tower

Alcalá de Henares, Spain

Laredo’s Palace

An eclectic and whimsical building, the product of its creator’s imagination.

Portal of the Casa de la Cadena

Navalcarnero, Spain

Replica of the Portal of the Casa de la Cadena

This weathered-looking portal is actually an exact replica of the entrance to the building where King Philip IV of Spain celebrated his honeymoon.

Puerta del Hospital de la Latina

Madrid, Spain

Puerta del Hospital de la Latina

After decades of neglect in a municipal storage unit this medieval jewel was given a new life in the late 1950s.

"Cross-legged"

Pristina, Kosovo

‘Cross-legged’

The sculpture of a man sitting in the middle of the square holds great significance for the young nation of Kosovo.

Pyramid of Tirana

Tirana, Albania

Pyramid of Tirana

An Albanian monument to the Communism that nearly crushed the country is now a crumbling wreck.

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Tirana, Albania

Tirana's Colorful Facade

What happens when you cross a mayor and a painter?

Bunker in Albania countryside.

Elbasan County, Albania

Bunkers of Albania

Hundreds of thousands of concrete bunkers crowd Albania long after the fall of Communism.

Mercury

Alcorcón, Spain

Gods of Olympus of La Ribota Park

With remarkable nonchalance, this modest park in Alcorcón brings Greek mythology and astronomy together

A small square at Schnoor Quarter

Bremen, Germany

The Schnoor

This is Bremen’s oldest historic district, famous for its labyrinth of narrow medieval alleys lined with tiny, colorful 15th-century houses that resemble beads on a rope.

Basilica di San Clemente

Rome, Italy

Basilica di San Clemente

A Nesting Doll of Churches.

Inside the bunker.

Madrid, Spain

Parque el Capricho Bunker

A subterranean relic of the Spanish Civil War hides below this picturesque park.

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