London, England
Grant Museum of Zoology
The only university zoological museum in London houses extinct animals, bizarre natural history specimens, and a Micrarium of microscopic creatures.
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London, England
The only university zoological museum in London houses extinct animals, bizarre natural history specimens, and a Micrarium of microscopic creatures.
London, England
This South London cemetery holds the remains of more than 15,000 people.
London, England
The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.
London, England
Winding paths and ramshackle mausoleums in the oldest "park cemetery" in London.
London, England
This collection of illusory paraphernalia has been culled from the history of London's premier magician's club.
London, England
This churchyard arbor is surrounded by hundreds of gravestones placed there by author Thomas Hardy.
London, England
This shop and gallery is a modern-day cabinet of curiosities, unassumingly positioned along an urban thoroughfare.
London, England
One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.
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.
Bologna, Italy
A diverse collection of wax, bone, papier-maché and mummified relics.
Bologna, Italy
An extraordinary collection of 18th century anatomical waxworks.
Seville, Spain
Spain's largest bullring offers a unique glimpse at architecture and history.
Seville, Spain
A 16th-century Andalusian palace.
Seville, Spain
Its appearance in "Game of Thrones" may spur on the long-awaited restoration of this medieval shipyard.
Seville, Spain
An eerie collection of the surviving structures from a past celebration of the future.
Seville, Spain
The current seat of the Parliament of Andalusia was once the epicenter of the Great Plague of Seville.
Seville, Spain
This former charity hospital for elderly clergy houses some of Seville’s most treasured paintings.
Seville, Spain
The world's largest wooden structure.
Seville, Spain
The final resting place of the great navigator, or maybe his brother.
Oranienburg, Germany
A crumbling bakery where forced laborers from the nearby concentration camp toiled to feed their fellow prisoners and Nazi soldiers.
Berlin, Germany
A remarkable cabinet of curiosities in an art space in the center of Berlin.
Berlin, Germany
The abandoned remains of this Victorian brewery hide crumbling bowling alleys and rusting industrial gear.
Wustermark, Germany
The 1936 Summer Olympics site is a crumbling remnant of sportsmanship and a history its host country would like to forget.