Budapest, Hungary
Béla Lugosi Bust at Vajdahunyad Castle
Late at night, the bust of the "Dracula" actor was snuck onto the facade of this Budapest castle.
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London, England
Henry VIII Gatehouse Statue
London's only public statue of the much-married monarch adorns the gate to St Bartholomew’s Hospital.
London, England
Two Princes Staircase
Richard III supposedly disposed of his nephews' bodies here in an effort to seal his claim to the throne.
London, England
Goodwin's Court
An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.
Vienna, Austria
Vienna Sewer System
Vienna's underworld of tunnels and subterranean rivers made an iconic appearance in a 1949 Orson Welles film.
Aberystwyth, Wales
University of Aberystwyth Old College
A real-life Professor Snape once taught in this Welsh university building, which students of course nicknamed “Hogwarts.”
Traquair, Scotland
The Bear Gates of Traquair
The main gates have been locked since 1745 and will remain so until the Stuart Dynasty returns to the throne.
Edinburgh, Scotland
The Witches' Well
The fountain marks the area where hundreds of accused witches were burned at the stake.
Lincoln, England
Lincoln Tank Memorial
The world's first military tank was designed in this English city amid the stalemate of WWI trench warfare.
Heysham, England
'Poet Philosopher & Failure' Gravestone
A succinct inscription commemorates the ebb and flow of a woman's life.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Rooftop Terrace at the National Museum of Scotland
There are plenty of wonderful panoramic vistas in Edinburgh, but not many are hidden smack in the middle of the Old Town.
Washington, D.C.
Holodomor Memorial
An easily overlooked memorial to a Ukrainian famine-genocide that killed over 4 million people.
London, England
‘Monument to the Unknown Artist’
The London statue that imitates passersby.
San Francisco, California
Tenderloin National Forest
A speck of nature and art in one of San Francisco’s most notorious neighborhoods.
London, England
Gravestone of Henry Croft
A statue of the original Pearly King is hidden in a church's crypt.
New York, New York
Preserved Remnants of 17th Century New York
Under a glass sidewalk lie the remains of some of Manhattan's oldest buildings.
Anstruther, Scotland
Anstruther Model Solar System
Bronze plates placed around this Scottish fishing village form a true-scale model of the solar system.
San Francisco, California
Admission Day Monument Octopuses
A pair of mutilated bronze octopuses slump at the base of the monument honoring California's admission to the U.S.
London, England
Mansion House Square
London's amazing modernist public square that never was.
Queens, New York
TWA Flight Center at JFK Airport
This futuristic airport terminal was abandoned for decades before reopening as a hotel—with a vintage plane of its own parked out back.
Berlin, Germany
Haus Schwarzenberg Street Art Alley
A narrow passage next to a cafe leads to a courtyard exploding with murals, tags, and paste-ups.
London, England
K2 Telephone Boxes
The wooden telephone box hidden away in London's Piccadilly was the original prototype of the iconic kiosk.
Prague, Czechia
Statue of Franz Kafka
A surreal statue honoring Prague's favorite literary son.
New York, New York
WPA Murals of the Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House
Magnificent New Deal Murals evoke a time when New York City harbor was one of the world's greatest and busiest ports.
