Venice, Italy
'Dragon Bones' of Santa Maria e San Donato
Hanging within this medieval church are the bones of a beast allegedly slain by a fourth-century saint.
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Venice, Italy
Hanging within this medieval church are the bones of a beast allegedly slain by a fourth-century saint.
Florence, Italy
Over 50 exquisite hand-painted Renaissance maps decorate a Medici storage room.
Pompeii, Italy
The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.
Florence, Italy
The doodles of a genius line the walls of a secret room under the Medici Chapel, where they were hidden for nearly 500 years.
Madrid, Spain
A neighborhood represented by an apparent geocentric and flat-earth model of the Solar System is hidden in the subway of Madrid.
Alicante, Spain
This interactive museum highlights the history and philosophy of one of the world's most difficult sailing races.
El Hierro, Spain
What many consider the original prime meridian and westernmost point of the old world.
Palencia, Spain
The camera-toting gargoyle juts out from the exterior of a Gothic cathedral.
Proaza, Spain
A mountain path passes by several sprawling enclosures home to a pair of rescued brown bears.
Miajadas, Spain
A small town celebrates its cash crop with a giant highway sculpture.
Seville, Spain
The final resting place of the great navigator, or maybe his brother.
São Miguel, Portugal
A 19th-century mansion houses the largest collection of gin in the European Union.
Davenport, Australia
The UFO capital of Australia is the outback’s answer to Roswell.
Coober Pedy, Australia
An opal mining town in the middle of Australia where people live, worship, and shop underground.
Coober Pedy, Australia
This eccentric cave dwelling is bizarre even by the standards of a subterranean town.
Davenport, Australia
Clusters of huge boulders in the Australian Outback.
Liverpool, England
What do we know about the real woman behind one of the Beatles' most famous songs?
Gravesend, England
The last resting place of the famous Native American princess is marked by a haunting monument.
Glastonbury, England
In the ruins of Glastonbury Abbey lies the alleged resting place of the legendary king.
London, England
This London marker celebrates the spot where the world-famous English band was founded.
Oxford, England
Home to the most complete dodo remains known - one head, and one foot.
London, England
A 1,215-foot tunnel transports pedestrians beneath the River Thames.
Mexico City, Mexico
A bronze statue of the famed Prussian naturalist commemorates the year he spent in Mexico.
Mexico City, Mexico
The only castle in North America to ever house European sovereigns.