New York, New York
The Relic Chapel at the Church of the Most Holy Redeemer
Relics given to a Manhattan church to avoid seizure by the Italian government.
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New York, New York
Relics given to a Manhattan church to avoid seizure by the Italian government.
New York, New York
This exemplar of modernist architecture is meant to captivate and inspire students of the Cooper Union.
New York, New York
The very first subway station in New York City is beautiful, decked out in chandeliers, and ... abandoned?
Austin, Texas
Free public park and gardens filled with peacocks and peahens.
Austin, Texas
Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.
Austin, Texas
Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.
Austin, Texas
This unique structure in suburban Austin is made up entirely of other people's castaways, and constantly changing.
Austin, Texas
Turning night into day in Victorian-era Austin to thwart a serial killer.
Austin, Texas
Life's work of sculptor Elisabet Ney remains preserved in her last studio.
Austin, Texas
DIY collection of eclectic holdings.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
A curious collection dedicated to human and animal anatomy and pathology.
Zaandam, Netherlands
Colorful and chaotic stacked hotel in North Holland.
Munich, Germany
One man's personal kunstkammer, museum and shop.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
This city square is home to Amsterdam's oldest church and a statue honoring Dutch sex workers.
Budapest, Hungary
Once the home of a hermetic monk, this cave now houses a small church.
Dubrovnik, Croatia
A wunderkammer of gold and silver reliquaries and ancient saintly bones.
Budapest, Hungary
A Hungarian pharmacy museum with a box full of mummy powder.
Salzburg, Austria
The amazing wonder cabinets of a very rich Austrian archbishop.
Waldsassen, Germany
Skeletons dressed in extravagant 18th century royal costumes cavort in the aisles of this German basilica.
Vienna, Austria
The house that took a plunge into the facade of a museum.
Vienna, Austria
Collection dedicated to funeral rites, equipment, and mourning rituals of the Viennese.
London, England
A vast overgrown cemetery, once known as one of London's "Magnificent Seven."
New York, New York
The mummified relics of an American missionary.
Kings Park, New York
Beneath the mossy overgrowth covering this once-sprawling campus lies decades of history and the secrets that come with it.