London, England
Roman Wharf Timber
The 2,000-year-old beam is tucked within the pedestrian entrance to the old London Bridge.
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London, England
The 2,000-year-old beam is tucked within the pedestrian entrance to the old London Bridge.
London, England
The secret wartime bunker built on the platforms of an abandoned Tube station.
London, England
Dictionary Johnson’s favorite feline.
London, England
English antique dealers with a taste for the unusual.
London, England
A network of concealed passageways lies within a busy London Underground station.
London, England
The quaint little store that is said to have inspired a famous Dickens novel was only given its name after the book was released.
London, England
Hidden beneath the streets of London is a secret subway that only carried mail.
London, England
The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.
Canfranc, Spain
Abandoned Nazi train station turned underground astroparticle laboratory.
Sigüés, Spain
A Franco-era dam flooded (almost) everyone out of this centuries-old Aragonese town.
Granada, Spain
Spanish architects used seized Muslim gravestones to rebuild parts of the fortress.
Toledo, Spain
The fragmented remains of a massive public bath connected to the city's water supply.
Toledo, Spain
The ruins of an ancient stadium that hosted gripping chariot and horse races.
Madrid, Spain
An iconic photograph from the Spanish Civil War saved this shrapnel-scarred historic house from destruction.
Rivas-Vaciamadrid, Spain
Not far from Madrid, a set of perfectly preserved trenches date back to the Spanish Civil War.
Madrid, Spain
A unique exhibit lets blind people experience famous works of art and architecture with their hands.
Madrid, Spain
This embalmed man is one of the best preserved mummies from the Canary Islands.
Madrid, Spain
This fascinating and poignant museum chronicles every imaginable aspect of Spanish colonialism in the Americas.
Madrid, Spain
A subterranean relic of the Spanish Civil War hides below this picturesque park.
Madrid, Spain
Among the oldest structures in Madrid, these Moorish walls once guarded the medieval city of Mayrit.
Madrid, Spain
Madrid's last horchata kiosk is a blue-and-white beacon of refreshment.
Madrid, Spain
An exact replica of a colossal Olmec head sits atop a pyramid within a Madrid traffic circle.
Madrid, Spain
The earliest known map to show America, discovered by accident at a Paris bookshop.
Madrid, Spain
Abandoned for decades, trains still pass through the now-restored remains of one of Madrid's first metro stations.