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This coffee shop lies hidden beneath a historic church.

At the top of the hour, figures of the London department store's two co-founders emerge and bow to each other.

Never actually a tree at all, this spot was the site of London's public hangings for nearly 600 years.

Tucked away behind the mansions of Mayfair, this picturesque garden is a hidden London treasure with a spooky past.

This overlooked street light once served as a KGB dead letter box.

It is believed that the historic tower is sinking at a rate of an inch a year, though no one is completely sure why.

Hundreds of wooden coffins dangle from cliffs and caves in the Philippines.

These tiered rice paddies were carved into the hillsides 2,000 years ago.

This eerie abandoned building with a dark history is said to be one of the most haunted places in the Philippines.

Smoked mummies housed in mountainside caves.

A once great mansion stands in stately ruin.

A magically clear, blue river that seems to spring from nowhere.

This wondrous waterfall rushing down a green-covered mountain wasn't discovered until 2010.

Hidden deep within a Filipino jungle is an incredible waterfall that plunges into a dazzling blue-green pool.

Bohol's unusually shaped hills turn brown in the summer months.

This curious fresh and salt water lake holds a secret that draws in deep divers from around the world.

The abandoned medieval theme park was meant to be the "Disneyland of the Philippines."

The crypt under this cemetery's chapel was used as a meeting place by Filipino revolutionaries.

This curious sculpture represents the perseverance needed to take to the skies.

Residents of Berlin take their coffee and cake in one of the city’s most restful spaces: a cemetery.

A tour of underground Berlin takes you through WWII air raid shelters and tunnels used to smuggle people out of East Germany.

Berlin's oldest surviving academic architecture hosted decades of animal dissections.

This futuristic German spa allows visitors to float in a pool of salt water while zoning out to underwater techno.

Beneath the impressive baroque cathedral that rises from the center of Berlin lies the largest collection of Prussian royals in the world.