Rome, Italy
Museum of the Holy Souls in Purgatory
A collection of objects supposedly singed by the hands of souls in purgatory.
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Rome, Italy
A collection of objects supposedly singed by the hands of souls in purgatory.
Mount Horeb, Wisconsin
A bypass decorated with large wooden troll carvings.
Porto, Portugal
Ancient catacombs form the foundation for this Rococo orgy of a church.
Portugal
A submerged village appears when dam levels drop.
Évora, Portugal
A 16th century chapel decorated with bones, skulls, and entire bodies hanging from the wall.
Arcozelo, Portugal
Picturesque intersection of witchcraft and ancient Christianity.
Sintra, Portugal
This eccentrically decorated palace is replete with grottoes, fountains, tunnels, and caves.
Lisbon, Portugal
Legacy of the earthquake that nearly wiped Lisbon off the face of the Earth.
Porto, Portugal
One of the most beautiful bookstores in the world hides a neo-Gothic interior behind an art nouveau facade.
Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
An honorary saint of the people, Maria Adelaide became an incorrupt corpse, the clothes intact, exhaling “a strong scent of roses.”
Elvas, Portugal
This star-shaped military outpost is now simply trying to protect itself from neglect.
Port au Choix, Newfoundland and Labrador
A chaotic collection of maritime artifacts, art, and really whatever else happens to be around.
Saint Lunaire-Griquet, Newfoundland and Labrador
An ancient Viking village in North America that predates Columbus by 500 years.
Mellieħa, Malta
An abandoned set from the 1980 film "Popeye," claimed and repurposed as a theme park by creative locals.
Rabat, Malta
Burial grounds for more than 1,000 bodies deep under the modern town of Rabat.
Wieliczka, Poland
An underground city of salt.
Lexington, Kentucky
Three courses accompanied by Christian rock.
Čapljina, Bosnia and Herzegovina
An apparition of Virgin Mary in Herzegovina.
Munich, Germany
The patron saint of spinsters grasps a container of dried blood.
Matavun, Slovenia
This massive subterranean fissure is known as the "underground Grand Canyon."
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Cat art as far as the eye can see.