Barcelona, Spain
Park Güell
GaudÃ's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.
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Barcelona, Spain
GaudÃ's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.
Barcelona, Spain
A beautiful but toxic fountain of mercury.
Ronda, Spain
Three bridges and one giant canyon make up this fantastic Spanish settlement.
Barcelona, Spain
Construction of Barcelona’s iconic (but controversial) church was finally completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.
Seville, Spain
The world's largest wooden structure.
Bologna, Italy
An extraordinary collection of 18th century anatomical waxworks.
Bologna, Italy
A small window on Via Piella offers a lovely and rare peek at Bologna's lost canals.
Venice, Italy
An extensive collection of reliquaries containing the bones of saints housed in the largest Catholic church in Venice.
Bologna, Italy
A diverse collection of wax, bone, papier-maché and mummified relics.
Venice, Italy
Venice's island of the dead.
Rome, Italy
The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."
Florence, Italy
This strange bovine gargoyle is said to have been put in as a passive aggressive form of revenge.
Florence, Italy
The oldest operating pharmacy in the world features 800-year-old recipes.
Orvieto, Italy
Water and windows define this defensive Italian well.
Rome, Italy
A mysterious chasm in the heart of the ancient Roman Forum, the Lacus Curtius was once believed to be a gateway to hell.
Rome, Italy
Museum dedicated to literary greats of the Romantic Period is also the home in which Keats met his untimely end.
Civita, Italy
This quaint Italian town keeps losing ground as the sides of its plateau slowly erode.
Venice, Italy
Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.
Viterbo, Italy
This immaculate and historic water garden culminates in a massive stone dining table with an inset fountain for chilling the wine of the Cardinal's guests.
Denver, Colorado
Curios, scientific antiques, oddities for sale.
Denver, Colorado
This Chinese-style quartz sundial was saved in its final hour.
Denver, Colorado
One of the greatest heroes of the Titanic tragedy came from humble beginnings to this beautiful home.
Denver, Colorado
The spot in the Mile-High City that's exactly 5,280 feet above sea level (at least for now).
Fruita, Colorado
It would be easy to walk past this unusual piece of art and have no idea it pays tribute to the odd life of a real chicken.