The sewers below Cherry Street used to be crawling with dangerous beings. Not Alligators as legend may have it, but the Swamp Angels. The Swamp Angels were a waterfront gang who used the sewers to steal, eventually engaging the police in battles beneath the streets.
Accessible from F Train at East Broadway Station
March 7, 2012
Lastingham, England
Thought to be the oldest Norman crypt in the world.
Aulendorf, Germany
Two elaborately decorated "catacomb saints" are displayed on either side of the altar in a small church in Germany.
Naples, Italy
Does this church in Naples hold the true tomb of Vlad the Impaler, the notoriously cruel figure who inspired Bram Stoker's Dracula?
Milan, Italy
Saint Borromeo often prayed in this austere crypt during the 16th century.
Paphos, Cyprus
Beneath an ancient wishing tree lies an underground chapel with 12th-century frescoes and catacombs dedicated to a lady saint.
St. Thomas am Blasenstein, Austria
In a crypt underneath this church lies a naturally mummified vicar whose story is surrounded by mystery.
Mantua, Italy
Wander through a maze of empty tombs to find the poles used to hang revolutionary patriots.
Milos, Greece
An intricate network of underground tombs carved into volcanic rock.
