Rome, Italy
Santa Maria dell'Orazione e Morte
At the crypt of St. Mary of Eulogies and the Dead you are left alone to ponder mortality among piles of skulls.
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Rome, Italy
At the crypt of St. Mary of Eulogies and the Dead you are left alone to ponder mortality among piles of skulls.
Rome, Italy
This hidden alley near the location of Rome's first theater was the site of a curious miracle.
Rome, Italy
The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."
Rome, Italy
The Pope’s secret escape route.
Rome, Italy
An unremarkable wooden wheel built into the side of one of Rome's oldest hospitals was part of a policy to reduce infant exposure.
Rome, Italy
One of the most important yet well-hidden museums dedicated to the history of medicine.
Rome, Italy
Rome’s legendary peephole vista is also a former Crusader stronghold.
Madrid, Spain
A subterranean relic of the Spanish Civil War hides below this picturesque park.
Fuling, China
This top secret Chinese military megaproject is the world’s largest human-made tunnel structure.
Berlin, Germany
A tour of underground Berlin takes you through WWII air raid shelters and tunnels used to smuggle people out of East Germany.
Berlin, Germany
A slice of central Asia in the middle of Berlin.
Barcelona, Spain
One of Antoni Gaudí's least-visited works, an homage to Catalan patrimony that mixes neo-Gothic with Modernista forms.
Barcelona, Spain
One of Europe's largest supercomputers is housed inside of a disused chapel.
Oppenau, Germany
This ancient ruined monastery has been destroyed by fire so many times that it seems like God hates it.
Belfort, France
A colossal sculptural lion built by the same man who designed the Statue of Liberty.
Thann, France
The remains of this castle, known as the Witch’s Eye, watch over the Thur Valley.
Saverne, France
Before the electric telegraph, a chain of stone towers carried messages across France.
Grandfontaine, France
A sandstone block marks the alleged spot where the legendary writer was conceived.
Ottrott, France
An ancient monastery, a locked room, and a mysterious book heist.
Ward, New Zealand
This beach provides a glimpse of the ancient seafloor without getting wet.
Wellington, New Zealand
Anyone wanting to know what a dwarven mine sounds like need only visit the tunnels of this New Zealand artillery compound.
Cape Palliser, New Zealand
These phallic stone spires once served as Tolkien's Paths of the Dead.
Takaka, New Zealand
Some of the clearest water anywhere in the world.
Frankfurt, Germany
Revitalization efforts converted a former U.S. military heliport into a sprawling urban park.