London, England
St Olave Hart Street
A hidden treasure in London with a rich medieval history, and the resting place of many luminaries.
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London, England
A hidden treasure in London with a rich medieval history, and the resting place of many luminaries.
London, England
The sixth of London's "Magnificent Seven" cemeteries, and a source of unlikely inspiration to Beatrix Potter.
London, England
The remains of Crystal Palace Great Exhibition of 1851.
London, England
Rebuilt remains of a temple to Roman god Mithras.
London, England
The childhood home of Earth's alien chameleon is a humble Brixton flat.
London, England
The pioneer of psychoanalysis spent the final year of his life here, still seeing patients on that famous couch.
London, England
Artists and musicians now rule over this former rail station.
London, England
This small museum in a former church crypt contains artifacts of the Elephant Man, Jack the Ripper and Florence Nightingale.
London, England
One of the world's largest collections of pathological specimens.
London, England
A vast overgrown cemetery, once known as one of London's "Magnificent Seven."
London, England
This South London cemetery holds the remains of more than 15,000 people.
London, England
A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.
London, England
A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.
London, England
London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.
Barcelona, Spain
Possibly the oldest church in Barcelona, this basilica has its pagan and Christian mythologies all mixed up.
Barcelona, Spain
The largest Art Nouveau complex in the world is a Barcelona hospital with a 600-year-long history.
Barcelona, Spain
The studio of Catalonia's most famous theatrical designer remains exactly as he left it.
Barcelona, Spain
The 2,000-year-old Roman columns are hidden within Barcelona's Gothic Quarter.
Barcelona, Spain
18th century anatomical amphitheater of the Royal College of Surgery of Barcelona.
Barcelona, Spain
One of the most photographed buildings in a city known for its Modernista architecture is an abandoned squat.
Barcelona, Spain
A once-secret library of Freemason history in Catalonia.
Barcelona, Spain
This cemetery features modernist statues as strange as its name.
Barcelona, Spain
An unusual stroll through gentlemen's erotica demonstrates that pornography is timeless.
Barcelona, Spain
Mountain where Jesus was first tempted by the Devil.