28 Real-World Easter Eggs That You Can Physically Stumble Upon

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28 Real-World Easter Eggs That You Can Physically Stumble Upon
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Great! We have enough on our minds lately, and now we have to constantly be on the look out for hidden details? Sure, it was fun to see that this physical world has a bunch of little Easter eggs for us, but this newfound hunt for more is exhausting.

We can’t help it. Our brains are wired to seek out and share stuff like this with you; we just hope you appreciate our mental burden.

Toronto’s Transformers

Toronto hides city power transformers in fake houses. There are currently 90 hiding in plain sight. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

The Great Wall of China

CRACKED.COM The Great Wall of China is actually a great cemetery. It is estimated around 400,000 construction workers had died building the Great Wall, and were just as easily buried in its foundation, which earned the deserved moniker longest cemetery on Earth.

The White House

CRACKED CON In 1814, British troops set fire to the White House. You can still see burn marks.

The Smithsonian

CRACKED.COM James Smithson is entombed in the Smithsonian. decre's la Via exemory Famil Sellow pym Bied at Sense of Society the اليوم N year In a crypt just inside the north entrance of the Smithsonian Castle lies the relocated remains of the institute's founding father, James Smithson. Не was a chemist who enjoyed studying things like human tears and snake venom.

The Island of the Dolls

Isla de las Munecas in Mexico's ancient Xochimilco district. to are Seniorin The Island of the Dolls is home to hundreds of mutilated dolls. Their origins are a mystery, but they are said to be possessed by a little girl who drowned in the area. The caretaker of the island was later found drowned in the same spot. CRACKED

The Washington National Cathedral

GRACKED.COM One of the grotesques on the Washington National Cathedral is Darth Vader's helmet.

L.A. Oil Rigs

Camouflaged Oil Rigs in Los Angeles CRACKED.COM Other than Tiktok teens and Red Hot Chili Peppers, oil is LA's most abundant resource.

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28 Real-World Easter Eggs That You Can Physically Stumble Upon

Jeep

JEEP'S SECRET COPILOTS Since 2011, designers have been installing these little companions, mainly in Wranglers, Cherokees, and Renegades. CIAO Bilingual ЗАВУ! spider, take the wheel! CRACKED.COM

TARDIS

Explore the TARDIS (in Google Maps) STATION UNDERGROUND DE Goo the 12 DE Navigate to this unassuming Police Box in Earl's Court, click in just the right place, and you're in. Don't blink, or you'll miss it. CRACKED.COM

The MTA

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The 7 Noses of London

The 7 Noses of London There are 7 sculptures of artist Rick Buckley's own schnoz hiding around central London. ABY STREET WELCOME CRACKED COM Here's hoping Banksy one-ups him and installs giant truck nuts on Big Ben.

The Transcontinental Airmail Route

The Transcontinental Airmail Route These gigantic arrows are remnants of a vast Earth-scale roadmap for USPS airmail pilots. Sadly, they don't give you a MarioKart-like speed bost, but... still neat. CRACKED.COM

The Grounded Sun

In 2004, an artist secretly installed the planets of the solar system URANUS around Zagreb, ,D=51.220 in L=2,8696 I 100km Croatia. They're to-scale, in size and distance, EARTH to an older D=12.756 km sculpture, L=1,496 x 108km The Grounded Sun. CRACKED.COM

Geeky Gargoyles

The 15th Century Geek Chapel CRACKED.COM When the Chapelle de Bethléem underwent a massive facelift in the 1990s, stoneworkers snuck in a few sci-fi busts among the 28 gargoyles they installed.

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28 Real-World Easter Eggs That You Can Physically Stumble Upon

The Supreme Basketball Court

The Supreme Court also has a basketball court. Storage space above the courtroom was turned into a gym with a basketball court in the 1940s. John Roberts used to play basketball with William Rehnquist there, and Sandra Day O'Connor organized yoga classes in the gym every day. CRACKED.COM

The Leaning Tower of Pisa

The Leaning Tower of Pisa contains an empty tube. The Tower of Pisa is actually a bell tower for the nearby cathedral, and there's literally nothing inside it. Aside from the ginormous bell, of course. CRACKED.COM

Radio City Music Hall

Radio City Music Hall has a swanky apartment. Radio City built it for its first impresario, Samuel Roxy Rothafel, who had brought in a ton of top-shelf acts. It became his bachelor pad and party venue. And today, it could be yours - it's been kept in top shape, and is up for rent. CRACKED.COM

Grand Central Station

There's a subway station under Grand Central Station. It led directly into the Waldorf-Astoria hotel, so the well-to-do wouldn't have to mingle with the masses. It was used from the '30s to the '60s, when it was abandoned (except for a 1965 party by Andy Warhol), and it was eventually totally closed off. CRACKED.COM

The Washington Monument

The Washington Monument has a tiny, hidden twin. A 12-foot replica of the Monument is buried right next to it. It was built in the 1880s as a surveyor's tool-they'd use its scale to verify readings. The ground level rose over time, and the Mini Monument was encased in a tube, buried, and forgotten. CRACKED.COM

Mt. Rushmore

There's a creepy secret chamber inside Mt. Rushmore. Its sculptor, Gutzon Borglum, wanted Mt. Rushmore to have a Hall of Records, where historic American documents would be stored. When he died in 1941, it was unfinished. In 1998, the government put a sealed titanium vault with copies of important documents in there. So he kinda got his wish. CRACKED.COM

Disney World

Disney World is hiding an abandoned island. Disney used it as a wildlife observatory, but shut it down in 1999 when they opened Animal Kingdom and moved all the animals there. Today, it's an overgrown jungle of empty animal cages, ruled by vultures (the actual kind, not the cartoon Disney kind). CRACKED.COM

The Empire State Building

The highest floor of the Empire State Building is reserved for a chosen few. The 103rd floor, which is so secret it's usually not listed, is only open to the rich and/or famous. It's a small observatory with 360-degree views. Almost no sounds reach it, so there's near-total silence. CRACKED.COM

St. Pancras Tower

The clock tower Harry Potter flew over has a fancy apartment. Inside the St. Pancras clock tower, there's an apartment with ridiculously high ceilings and two bedrooms. Unfortunately, since it's literally on top of a train station, neither bedroom can give you a good night's sleep. CRACKED.COM

The Capitol Building

There are three tiny flagpoles on the Capitol. They're used for the Capitol Flag Program, through which you can buy flags flown over the Capitol. The flags fly on one of these flagpoles, not the real flagpole, for all of 30 seconds before they're packed and shipped. CRACKED.COM

The Eiffel Tower

A luxury apartment sits at the top of the Eiffel Tower. Gustave Eiffel had it built for himself when the tower went up, and kept it secret for a long time. He'd get offered crazy sums for a night in it, but always said no. It didn't open to the public until 2015, 90 years after he died. CRACKED.COM

Cross-Shaped Cathedrals

Many cathedrals have a cruciform plan; that is, if CRACKED.COM you see them from above (as God would), they look like a cross. Washington National Chartres Cathedral, Cathedral, USA France Peterborough Amiens Cathedral, Cathedral, UK France

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