Syracuse, Italy
Ear of Dionysius
Italian cave with exceptional acoustics and an unsavory history.
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Syracuse, Italy
Italian cave with exceptional acoustics and an unsavory history.
Milan, Italy
An ossuary built in 1210 to collect bones from the Ospedale Maggiore of Milan.
Saturnia, Italy
Geothermal waterfalls in Tuscany.
Rome, Italy
At the crypt of St. Mary of Eulogies and the Dead you are left alone to ponder mortality among piles of skulls.
Venice, Italy
This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.
Rotterdam, Netherlands
The Netherlands' first car tunnel has an unusually rectangular shape.
Utrecht, Netherlands
Atop this former dutch railway office sits an interstellar work of art.
Lelystad, Netherlands
Building Men of War and Indiamen from Holland's Golden Age.
Breezanddijk, Netherlands
The 20-mile causeway that separates the Netherlands from the sea.
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Rotterdammers' dirty minds gave this Santa a dirty nickname and cursed it to a life of wandering.
Rotterdam, Netherlands
A dramatic art installation features a BMW flying out of a building in Rotterdam.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The last of Amsterdam's original sea level markers remaining in place.
Assen, Netherlands
Remarkably preserved body discovered in a peat bog.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
In the days before house numbers, these colorful signs held clues about various buildings' purposes.
Apeldoorn, Netherlands
Go inside a revolutionary, cage-less zoo where 35 species live and some of them roam free alongside their human visitors.
Kaatsheuvel, Netherlands
This fairy tale forest hides scenes from some of the more obscure and bizarre Western nursery stories.
Den Burg, Netherlands
Rich with fauna and flora, nature-lovers can walk across the sea at this UNESCO World Heritage spot.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
This pirate-broadcasting-tower-turned-restaurant played a rebellious role in the history of Dutch television.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Famed for its pie, this eatery has a hidden tunnel that allowed Catholics to secretly walk to church during the Reformation.
Woudenberg, Netherlands
A grassy pyramid named after a French battle.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
This bird-loving brewery is situated in an old municipal bathhouse, nestled beside a 300-year-old windmill.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
One of Amsterdam's narrowest houses is located right across the canal from its widest.
Rotterdam, Netherlands
These slanted cubic abodes are a creative if odd solution to a zoning pickle.
Maastricht, Netherlands
This centuries-old gothic monster has been converted into a sprawling, glossy bookstore.