Colares, Portugal
Convent of the Capuchos
The verdant mossy ruins of a Franciscan monastery lie in the remote Sintra hills awaiting exploration.
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Colares, Portugal
The verdant mossy ruins of a Franciscan monastery lie in the remote Sintra hills awaiting exploration.
Colares, Portugal
In Portugal, a secluded stretch of untouched natural beauty hides at the bottom of a steep hill.
Cascais, Portugal
A unique seaside cave where Aleister Crowley faked his own death.
Lisbon, Portugal
This once-forgotten oasis in the middle of Lisbon was first created over a century ago quite by accident.
Lisbon, Portugal
Ring the bell to enter a bar that looks equal parts museum and old curiosity shop.
Lisbon, Portugal
Catering to broken dolls for almost 200 years, this repair shop is now a charnel house of doll parts.
Den Burg, Netherlands
Rich with fauna and flora, nature-lovers can walk across the sea at this UNESCO World Heritage spot.
The Hague, Netherlands
Strange secondhand shop showcasing taxidermy and oddies
Utrecht, Netherlands
This still-celebrated home was a radical architectural experiment in 3D De Stijl.
Arnhem, Netherlands
This large open-air museum showcases the ordinary lives of the people of the Netherlands and pre-industrial crafts and practices.
Otterlo, Netherlands
Located inside Hoge Veluwe National Park, this museum began as the private collection of a prominent female art collector.
's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
Take a stroll through the hellish grotesques of Hieronymus Bosch in this elaborate Netherlands church.
Tilburg, Netherlands
A dream-like maze full of strange art, surreal spaces, and fantasy landscapes to get lost in.
Želízy, Czechia
Two monstrous faces loom over a village in Czechia.
Brno, Czechia
Europe's second largest ossuary wasn't discovered until 2001.
Manětín, Czechia
Thirty creepy ghosts now inhabit this decaying 14th-century church.
Melnik, Czechia
Underneath this small church are 15,000 bones, arranged by an obsessive academic.
Prague, Czechia
An eerie, existential museum dedicated to the author of "The Metamorphosis."
Prague, Czechia
A collection of anatomical samples from one of the first anthropologists to suggest that humans reached North America by crossing the Bering Strait.
Prague, Czechia
This Prague museum collects brutalist relics and memories from the country's former Soviet rule.
Prague, Czechia
The first museum in the world devoted to sexual gadgetry.
Prague, Czechia
Around 100,000 bodies are buried below the medieval headstones, many of which mark graves with multiple bodies stacked up to 12 deep.
Prague, Czechia
This artificial cave looks like something out of a fairytale.
Prague, Czechia
Walk through Czech history in Prague's largest graveyard.