London, England
Coade Stone Caryatids
A measuring mishap led to these artificial stone ladies losing their stomachs.
2026
Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
London, England
'The Ambassadors'
A mysterious shape catches the eye in this 16th-century painting.
London, England
Vauxhall Bridge's Miniature St. Paul's Cathedral
A tiny replica of the iconic London landmark hides on the side of the steel structure.
London, England
The Golden Boy at Pye Corner
A portly statue of a golden boy commemorates an unusual cause of the Great Fire of London: the sin of gluttony.
London, England
Euston's Lost Tunnels
A network of concealed passageways lies within a busy London Underground station.
London, England
The Mail Rail
Hidden beneath the streets of London is a secret subway that only carried mail.
London, England
Foundling Museum
Museum dedicated to the UK's first charity for abandoned children, with keepsakes of the mothers who left them behind.
London, England
Great Ormond Street Hospital
Children's hospital in London that operates on royalties received from Peter Pan, which J.M. Barrie signed over in 1929.
Permanently Closed
London, England
Lullaby Factory
Wedged between two buildings at the Great Ormond Street Hospital is this secret music installation.
Mont Saint-Michel, France
Mont Saint-Michel
This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.
London, England
Twinings Tea Shop
A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.
Permanently Closed
London, England
Royal London Hospital Museum
This small museum in a former church crypt contains artifacts of the Elephant Man, Jack the Ripper and Florence Nightingale.
London, England
The Monty Python Foot
The television series' iconic giant foot was borrowed from this classical painting.
Permanently Closed
Bangkok, Thailand
Goddess Tuptim Shrine
A forest of phallic offerings found in a quiet corner of a hotel car park.
Kelvedon Hatch, England
Kelvedon Hatch Secret Nuclear Bunker
The biggest and deepest Cold War bunker open to the public can be found in southeast England.
London, England
The London Dungeon
One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.
London, England
London Underground Labyrinths
A labyrinth hides in plain sight at each of the city's 270 Tube stations.
London, England
Word on the Water
This 1920s Dutch barge is now a floating bookstore.
London, England
The King's Cross Ice Well
A subterranean ice warehouse that has lain hidden beneath central London for over a century is now open to the public.
London, England
Highgate Cemetery
London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.
Barcelona, Spain
Mirador de Colom (Columbus Monument)
A vista of the city and sea from atop the little-known viewing deck on an unassuming Columbus statue.
Barcelona, Spain
Street Performers of Las Ramblas
The iconic boulevard is the perfect place to catch sight of a bicycling skeleton, a levitating Satan, or a chef with his head stuck in a pizza.
Cambridge, England
Whipple Museum of the History of Science
A treasure trove of astronomical, mathematical, and scientific instruments at Cambridge University.
ambon Kalai, Thailand
Ko Ta Pu (James Bond Island)
A tall karst islet popularized by 007.
