Milan, Italy
Loggia dei Mercanti Whispering Gallery
The secret medieval communication system will whisk your words above the noise of the crowd.
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Milan, Italy
The secret medieval communication system will whisk your words above the noise of the crowd.
Bagolino, Italy
This abandoned IDGZ station was one of 49 troposcatter stations in the NATO ACE High network.
Bagolino, Italy
The haunting remains of a World War I fort perched atop a mountain.
Collio, Italy
This decaying complex from the early 1900s was once the site of massive iron and fluorite mines.
Cortenova, Italy
The abandoned "Ghost Mansion" was left to decay in the mountains of Northern Italy.
Milan, Italy
Vast network of air raid tunnels beneath Lombardy's capital.
Milan, Italy
Saint Borromeo often prayed in this austere crypt during the 16th century.
Guimarães, Portugal
This castle has links to Portugal’s founding and struggles for independence.
Labruge, Portugal
Iron Age runes and ruins hide in plain sight along this Portuguese beach.
Arcozelo, Portugal
Picturesque intersection of witchcraft and ancient Christianity.
Valongo, Portugal
An abandoned tuberculosis hospital said to be haunted by the patients who died within its walls.
Senhora da Hora, Portugal
Once a thriving textile powerhouse, now a relic of what once was.
Porto, Portugal
A small but charming botanical garden that contains many exotic plant species.
Porto, Portugal
Rabanadas, the Portuguese answer to French toast, are reborn here with a glassy sugar crust and a center as light as whipped cream.
Porto, Portugal
Building owners can take out tiles for free at this repository for historic building materials.
Porto, Portugal
One of the most beautiful bookstores in the world hides a neo-Gothic interior behind an art nouveau facade.
Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
Israel's first dedicated natural history museum is home to 5 million specimens and still growing.
Rehovot, Israel
Hidden beneath a washing machine in a fake kibbutz, this secret bullet factory has been preserved as a museum.
East Jerusalem, Israel
The abandoned shell of what would have been the Jordanian royal family's summer palace.
Ashkelon, Israel
These numerous Israeli caves were dug out over hundreds years for reasons ranging from hideouts to burial sites.
Israel
This amazing ancient cave was kept secret for seven years to protect it from the public.
Ramla, Israel
You can row a boat through this ancient underground reservoir.
Prague, Czechia
Walk through Czech history in Prague's largest graveyard.
Prague, Czechia
Buried five stories underground, this Soviet bunker is packed with gas masks and Cold War paraphernalia.