Uppsala, Sweden
Urdar's Well and Yggdrasil
Legend says this fabled well held part of a mythical Norse tree.
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Uppsala, Sweden
Legend says this fabled well held part of a mythical Norse tree.
London, England
The curios of pharmacist and collector Henry Wellcome.
London, England
This London pub hides a peculiar secret: a recreation of the rooms shared at 221b Baker Street by Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.
London, England
Winding paths and ramshackle mausoleums in the oldest "park cemetery" in London.
London, England
The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.
London, England
This South London cemetery holds the remains of more than 15,000 people.
London, England
This collection of illusory paraphernalia has been culled from the history of London's premier magician's club.
London, England
This shop and gallery is a modern-day cabinet of curiosities, unassumingly positioned along an urban thoroughfare.
London, England
This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.
London, England
London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.
Warsaw, Poland
One of the world's largest collections of medieval religious art.
Łapalice, Poland
This imposing 20th-century castle was abandoned before it was ever completed.
San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain
This influential Renaissance-era library was once the haunt of kings and monks.
Leiden, Netherlands
This early 19th-century graveyard is the final resting place of Vincent van Gogh's mother.
Madrid, Spain
Five million people are laid to rest here, more than the population of Madrid itself.
Leiden, Netherlands
This public library and its impressive collection of academic books have not changed since the 17th century.
Tilburg, Netherlands
A dream-like maze full of strange art, surreal spaces, and fantasy landscapes to get lost in.
Leiden, Netherlands
One of the oldest masonic temples in the Netherlands, built in 1757.
Warsaw, Poland
Warsaw's fantastically preserved gasworks...almost.
Warsaw, Poland
A program of Communist glamour in post-Stalin Poland is preserved in this colorful museum.
Leiden, Netherlands
An ancient Egyptian temple sits within a modern European museum.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
This bird-loving brewery is situated in an old municipal bathhouse, nestled beside a 300-year-old windmill.
Barcelona, Spain
A once grand hotel now sits eerily abandoned in the Catalan countryside outside Barcelona.
Kudowa-Zdrój, Poland
The walls and ceiling of this Polish church are decorated with thousands of skulls, with another 21,000 skeletons just below.