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The Iron Knight

Prague, Czechia

Iron Knight

The statue of a cursed knight is said to come to life every 100 years.

Inside the laboratory

Prague, Czechia

Speculum Alchemiae

The hidden lair of an alchemist rediscovered in a 2002 flood.

The Museum of Alchemists and Magicians of Old Prague

Prague, Czechia

The Museum of Alchemists and Magicians of Old Prague

The history of occult science is turned into a creepshow at this lurid Prague tourist attraction.

A colorful apartment building behind green trees shown at an angle.

Berlin, Germany

Unité d'Habitation of Berlin

After local authorities changed the design, the building's architect, Le Corbusier, wanted nothing to do with it.

Messedamm Underpass

Berlin, Germany

Messedamm Underpass

You've probably seen these distinctive orange-tiled columns on the big screen.

Schöneberg Gasometer

Berlin, Germany

Schöneberg Gasometer

The skeletal frame of a decommissioned gas-pumping station offers breathtaking views of greater Berlin.

The simple concrete exterior.

Berlin, Germany

Abandoned Iraqi Embassy

When German-Iraqi relations broke down, this embassy was vacated post haste.

Berlin Radio Tower

Berlin, Germany

Berlin Radio Tower

A restaurant and observation deck built in a unique broadcasting antenna.

Bottom of stairs, looking up

Berlin, Germany

Fliegeberg

This conical hill was built as a testing ground for an engineer known as the Glider King.

Berlin Story Bunker

Berlin, Germany

Berlin Story Bunker

This World War II bunker now survives as a documentation of the Nazi regime and war crimes.

Burgermeister at night, sailor's delight

Berlin, Germany

Burgermeister

Where once there was a train station bathroom, there is now this German burger joint.

Monsterkabinett

Berlin, Germany

Monsterkabinett

A whimsical and twisted animatronic monster tour beneath the streets of Berlin.

The mural as seen from the nave

Chaldon, England

Ladder of Salvation of the Human Soul

Angels, demons, and tortured souls on a giant wall mural in a little church.

Prisoners Quarters.

Kodër Spaç, Albania

Spaç Prison

This abandoned prison was so notorious that its name has become a metaphor throughout Albania.

Gjirokaster Castle

Gjirokaster, Albania

Gjirokaster Castle

This ominous Albanian fortress houses tanks and downed planes as a reminder of their victories over Western imperialism.

Bunker in Albania countryside.

Elbasan County, Albania

Bunkers of Albania

Hundreds of thousands of concrete bunkers crowd Albania long after the fall of Communism.

House of Leaves

Tirana, Albania

House of Leaves

A museum dedicated to secret surveillance.

Bunk’Art 2

Tirana, Albania

Bunk’Art 2

In the heart of Tirana, this underground nuclear bunker has been transformed into a museum.

Display in one of the original bunker rooms.

Tirana, Albania

Bunk'Art

Once the fallout shelter of a dictator, this sprawling bunker is now a combined history museum and contemporary art gallery.

Michael Faraday Memorial

London, England

Michael Faraday Memorial

Shiny Brutalist box commemorates a pioneer of electricity and houses a railway transformer.

The Deadhouse

London, England

The Deadhouse

Tombstones and enigmatic inscriptions hide within a vault beneath a popular London arts venue.

The railcars atop the club.

London, England

Village Underground

Artists and musicians now rule over this former rail station.

Tunnels of Euston.

London, England

Euston's Lost Tunnels

A network of concealed passageways lies within a busy London Underground station.

Greenwich Foot Tunnel

London, England

Greenwich Foot Tunnel

A 1,215-foot tunnel transports pedestrians beneath the River Thames.

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