Florence, Italy
Galileo's Middle Finger
The middle finger of modernity.
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Florence, Italy
The middle finger of modernity.
Rome, Italy
The final resting place of the poets Shelley and Keats.
Rome, Italy
The only "Egyptian" pyramid in Europe and the legendary tomb of Remus.
Rome, Italy
The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.
Rome, Italy
The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."
Singapore
This Singaporean food-court stall was home to the world's cheapest Michelin-starred meal.
Singapore
This $62 million dollar temple was erected to house one little dental fragment of religious history.
Chichen Itza, Mexico
Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.
Temozón, Mexico
This popular cave pool is truly magical, despite the crowds.
Valladolid, Mexico
If you can look past the nearby sewer pipes, this urban sinkhole grotto is a mini-paradise.
Dzitnup, Mexico
These azure waters were thought to lead to the Mayan Underworld.
Monte Albán, Mexico
These sacred Mesoamerican ruins feature peculiar petroglyphs hidden in the stones.
Oaxaca, Mexico
In a quiet residential neighborhood, one restaurant fights to preserve heirloom corn, one tortilla at a time.
Milan, Italy
Artistic tombs, monuments, and a beautiful "Hall of Fame" lurk inside this cemetery.
Milan, Italy
An ossuary built in 1210 to collect bones from the Ospedale Maggiore of Milan.
Xagħra, Malta
These temples are among the oldest free-standing stone buildings in the world.
Rabat, Malta
The remains of a 1st-century aristocratic Roman town house featuring beautiful well-preserved mosaics.
Victoria, Malta
This prison on the Maltese island of Gozo is almost 500 years old, and they have the graffiti to prove it.
Valletta, Malta
The floor of this spectacular Baroque sanctuary is covered in memento mori.
Paola, Malta
This subterranean necropolis holds three floors of antler-dug grave caves.
Rabat, Malta
Burial grounds for more than 1,000 bodies deep under the modern town of Rabat.
Edinburgh, Scotland
The taxidermy remains of the first mammal ever cloned from an adult cell are on display in Edinburgh.
Edinburgh, Scotland
These tiny effigies are believed to represent victims of Edinburgh’s notorious Anatomy Murders.
Lima, Peru
The large collection of pre-Columbian pottery might make you blush.