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explorabilia

explorabilia is the instrument, vehicle and labour of love of me, Evan : a medium for showcasing my need to escape, explore, discover and experience the lesser known corners of our world. I am hopelessly attracted to the abandoned and the derelict, to forgotten tales and spaces, alternative histories, obscure facts and niche trivia, and have a talent for weaving these into engrossing, larger-than-life narratives to share with those who enjoy a memorable tour.

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Brussels, Belgium

Musée des Égouts Bruxelles (Brussels Sewer Museum)

Head underground and take a tour of the city's working sewer system, and see the underground river Senne, which defined Brussels for centuries before being covered in the 19th century.

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Added by tweierick

Brussels, Belgium

Manneken Pis

A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.

stanestane

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Gravensteen

This fairytale castle was built as a show of power but was nearly torn down thanks to its history of torture.

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Brussels, Belgium

Le Cercueil (The Coffin)

The Devil’s own choice when he needs a drink in Brussels.

Brussels, Belgium

The Atomium

Climb inside an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times its normal size.

Dylan

Sainte-Mère-Église, France

Private John Steele Monument

An effigy of a trapped paratrooper dangles from a Normandy church to commemorate one remarkable D-Day event.

Gemfyre

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Arromanches-les-Bains, France

Mulberry Harbour at Arromanches

Remains of the artificial harbours invented for the Allied invasion of Normandy can still be seen at sea.

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Cricqueville-en-Bessin, France

Pointe du Hoc

A daring D-Day assault by U.S. Army Rangers is commemorated atop the high cliffs of this strategic point.

MysticalEric

Added by MysticalEric

Napoleon's Angels

Twelve grave-faced marble angels guard the emperor's tomb at Les Invalides.

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Montmartre Funicular

The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.

Centre Pompidou

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

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Gustave Eiffel's Secret Apartment

High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.

EricGrundhauser

Added by EricGrundhauser

Shakespeare and Company

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

Madiha Bataineh

Added by Madiha Bataineh

Mont Saint-Michel, France

Mont Saint-Michel

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

Added by IanWhalen

59 Rivoli

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.

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Père Lachaise Cemetery

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

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Helsinki, Finland

Seurasaari Open Air Museum

A small island dotted with old, historic Finnish buildings.

CoolCrab

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Högberget Cave

Crawling into this primordial cave may feel disconcertingly familiar.

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Helsinki, Finland

Fortress of Suomenlinna

This irregularly shaped sea fortress has defended not one but three different sovereign states.

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Katowice, Poland

Spodek

While the U.S. and Soviet Union were engaged in a space race, Poland built a UFO on the ground.

Lord's Ark

In the midst of a living monument to Soviet social engineering, Polish Catholics built this church by hand.

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Zabytkowa Dzwonnica (Cloud Demon Repelling Tower)

This tower in a small Polish village uses the power of a sacred bell to ward off mischievous weather spirits.

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Nowa Huta

This sprawling concrete suburb of Kraków was designed by the Soviet Union as the model proletarian city.

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Wieliczka, Poland

Wieliczka Salt Mine

An underground city of salt.

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