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An ancient Roman temple hidden in the basement of Römerpassage, a modern shopping mall.

This small museum collects the Christian remembrances which would otherwise be forgotten.

An honorary saint of the people, Maria Adelaide became an incorrupt corpse, the clothes intact, exhaling “a strong scent of roses.”

Skeletons dressed in extravagant 18th century royal costumes cavort in the aisles of this German basilica.

At the crypt of St. Mary of Eulogies and the Dead you are left alone to ponder mortality among piles of skulls.

The heart of a Scottish legend had a centuries-long journey before reaching its final resting place.

The mystic whose incorrupt corpse still attracts the faithful.

This campus monument honors Katherine Johnson, who hand-calculated the trajectory for America’s first human spaceflight and safely land Apollo 11 on the moon.

This lucky stone from Ireland is embedded on the corner of a Reno casino to grant luck

The Kansas City Barbecue restaurant also contains the original piano that was a central part of the famous "Great Balls of Fire" scene.

This is the real-life “Phantom of the Opera” box from Gaston Leroux's 1910 novel.

One of the only places where you can pay respects to George Washington and Abraham Lincoln as gods

This carillon clock features three figures that mark the start of the city’s most important celebration, the San Juan Festival

This house made famous by the 1980s movie is now a restaurant filled with Top Gun memorabilia

Amazing tiled map mural showing the lines of the famous Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, incorporated into the war memorial after WW1

An example of early 20th century gender segregation

Holy relic of a girl in communion attire inside the cathedral of Guadalajara

Tombs containing the remains of some of the first and most important professors of medieval Bologna

Once tied to Templar legend and later to Prussian counts, this fairy-tale palace has witnessed centuries of Polish history

A lake island of richly decorated monasteries, where a fugitive ruler met his end

Michelangelo's first known painting went unnoticed for over 500 years

A Norman castle near Wales that has been in ruins for the last 600 years

Nestled in the Sussex countryside are a handful of obscure, seemingly purposeless buildings constructed on the whim of a flamboyant slave owner and local politician

Long before the hollyhocks and colorful facades, this lane was notorious for witch trials, infanticide, and prostitution.