London, England
The Morpeth Arms
A historic London pub with prison cells in the cellar and a "spy room" on the second floor.
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London, England
A historic London pub with prison cells in the cellar and a "spy room" on the second floor.
London, England
This shop and gallery is a modern-day cabinet of curiosities, unassumingly positioned along an urban thoroughfare.
Barcelona, Spain
One of Europe's largest supercomputers is housed inside of a disused chapel.
Barcelona, Spain
A beautiful but toxic fountain of mercury.
Brusio, Switzerland
This work of engineering is imbued with elegance and ingeniousness.
Gland, Switzerland
This long line of cement defensive wedges is named after the famous chocolate bar for obvious reasons.
Gland, Switzerland
This secret Swiss fortress is disguised as a harmless pink house, complete with fake windows.
St. Gallen, Switzerland
This is not only one of the oldest collections in Europe, but also possibly the most beautiful.
Copenhagen, Denmark
The largest bottled beer collection in the world holds over 22,000 unique beer bottles.
Les Rousses, Switzerland
Part of this hotel resides in Switzerland, the other in France, and the border splits the honeymoon suite.
London, England
London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.
Holywood, Scotland
A 30-acre garden inspired by the principles of modern physics.
Hawarden, Wales
At the United Kingdom's only residential library you can sleep among the books.
Heysham, England
A succinct inscription commemorates the ebb and flow of a woman's life.
Ware, England
Fantastically decorated underground chambers built in the 1760s.
Swansea, Wales
Quirky Welsh observatory unites art and science.
London, England
King of the Saxons on top, Roman goddess of wisdom on the bottom.
London, England
This five-star hotel was originally a swanky parking garage.
London, England
Legend has it this gnarled old tree was planted by Tsar Peter the Great during his visit to London.
London, England
This museum is dedicated solely to this millennia-old handheld cooling device.
London, England
An exercise in radical design and social living that became the epicenter of Soviet spy networks in London.
London, England
The grounds of this Jacobean estate contain one of the oldest mulberry trees in England.
London, England
Buried for centuries, this hidden cellar is all that remains of London's medieval Whitefriars Monastery.
London, England
This ancient oak plays host to carvings of magical elves, gnomes, witches, and other creatures prominent in local folklore.