Washington, D.C.
Defense Intelligence Agency Museum
Amid the sprawling Defense Intelligence Agency Headquarters is one of Washington's least accessible museums.
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Washington, D.C.
'Cartwheel' Tower
Washington's top-secret Cold War-era doomsday communications tower is located in a small neighborhood park.
Washington, D.C.
Godey Lime Kilns
A historic ruin just 20 feet away from a busy highway onramp.
Washington, D.C.
Abandoned Drawbridge Control Room
The hidden offices underneath Memorial Bridge have been locked up since 1976.
Washington, D.C.
East Potomac Park Mini Golf
The country's oldest continually-operated mini golf course lies hidden in plain sight, eclipsed by one of D.C.'s most popular tourist attractions.
Washington, D.C.
Catacombs of Washington, D.C.
Franciscan monks created a facsimile of the Holy Land for North Americans who couldn’t afford the trip overseas.
Permanently Closed
London, England
Black Museum
Since 1874, this macabre collection has developed into a museum devoted to Scotland Yard's mementos of dastardly deeds.
London, England
Aldwych Tube Station
This Underground station has been a popular filming location for decades, even before it closed.
London, England
Victoria and Albert Museum WWII Battle Scars
The pockmarks across the building's facade are remnants of the Blitz.
London, England
Cleopatra's Needle Shrapnel Scars
This ancient Egyptian obelisk still bears the wounds of World War I.
London, England
London Transport Museum
Its collection includes a broad array of social, geographic, graphic design, and political history.
London, England
Queen Caroline's Bath
The plunge pool is a surviving relic of a rowdy royal residence.
London, England
Supper Club Tube
A decommissioned tube carriage within a London museum hosts a regular pop-up supper club.
London, England
Tower of London's Ceremony of the Keys
The ritual has been performed uninterrupted for nearly 700 years.
London, England
Tower Bridge Chimney
An architectural oddity hides in plain sight on this iconic London bridge.
London, England
Ragged School Museum
A Victorian school for poverty stricken waifs has been preserved as a museum to their donated education.
London, England
The Ferryman's Seat
The last remaining example of the boatmen's perches that once dotted the south bank of the Thames.
London, England
Dick Whittington’s Cat
A monument to the thrice mayor of London who according to lore made his fortune by selling his rat-chasing cat.
London, England
Rolling Bridge
This unique bridge curls up like a caterpillar to let boats pass and then unfurls again to span a small canal.
London, England
Foundling Museum
Museum dedicated to the UK's first charity for abandoned children, with keepsakes of the mothers who left them behind.
London, England
Crystal Palace Subway
A relic of Victorian grandeur hides beneath a busy South London road.
London, England
Site of Execution Dock
Where condemned pirates met their grisly end at the gallows on the River Thames.
London, England
London Transport Museum Depot
The majority of the museum's large collection is held in a storage space open to the public a few times a year.
London, England
V&A Museum of Childhood
A museum wholly devoted to juvenescence.
