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These morbid carvings remind churchgoers of the inevitability of death.

Taxidermied animals galore, by appointment only.

A statue marks the exact spot where The Boy Who Never Grows Up made his first literary appearance.

A little slice of Japan and its aesthetics in London's Holland Park.

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

This churchyard arbor is surrounded by hundreds of gravestones placed there by author Thomas Hardy.

Buried beneath the New Mexico sands are believed to be millions of copies of Atari's E.T. video game.

Though tiki culture has gone in and out of fashion, the Tonga Hut has always been flying the flag in Los Angeles.

A Japanese concept restaurant that feels like a party thrown by the monsters in your closet.

On October 17, 1814, a 15-ft. wave of beer ran rampant through the streets of London.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.

The walls are decorated with whimsical murals painted by the creator of the Madeline franchise.

A line of abandoned, alien-like fortresses dot the mountains of North Italy.

An exclusive waiting room built for the royal family in the 1920s is hidden in Milan’s central station.

This zoological museum began as the first great curiosity cabinet.

Milan's duomo is covered in beautiful carving including a curious "dinosaur-like" beast.

This giant middle finger statue sends an unambiguous message to Italy's bankers.

Bell tower juts out from a village buried under a lake.

David Sedaris called it "The greatest shop in the world."

According to the local folklore, the myriad colors of this lake are the result of a lovelorn wizard's blunder.

As can be expected from a centuries-old church built in a canal city, the undercroft of this house of worship is beautifully flooded.

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

A map of Italy made entirely of trees.

An amazing collection of wax anatomical models and terratological models.