The world's first zoo for microbes collecting the horrible and wonderful things living on and around us.

A forgotten remnant of the Soviet Union, Transnistria is an unrecognized country hidden behind a heavily militarized border between Moldova and Ukraine.

The last municipal pneumatic post system in the world was in operation for over 100 years, and may run again.

Synagogue built from the stones of Solomon's temple contains the golem of Prague.

Around 100,000 bodies are buried below the medieval headstones, many of which mark graves with multiple bodies stacked up to 12 deep.

A 400-year-old mummified arm dangles from the ceiling of St. James the Greater, serving as a warning to thieves.

This stunning, out-of-the-way Croatian monument commemorates a community's uprising against occupying fascist forces.

A chain of 16 wondrous lakes formed as a result of the gradual dissolution of soluble layers of bedrock.

Historic church where a number of Shakespeare's actors are buried.

After nearly 60 years, there's still a bear at Paddington Station looking for help.

A community of artists and entrepreneurs seeks a simpler life on London's waterways.

Collection dedicated to brands, packaging and advertising.

A closed London rail station created to cart away the dead still bears the marks of attempts to make it less morbid.

Scattered throughout London are ancient remnants of the city's former bounding wall.

The signs of a long buried road can still be found hidden beneath a London sewer grate.

The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.

Hidden beneath the streets of London is a secret subway that only carried mail.

Living fossils in this remote Australian bay provide a glimpse of what Earth may have looked like 3.5 billion years ago.

Thousands of lawn gnomes have infested this Australian roundabout.

Alien rock formations grown from the sands of an Australian national park.

Microscopic fossils suggest Australia may be the birthplace of sulphur-based life forms.