Rome, Italy
Saint Victoria's Incorruptible Body
The martyr's wax-enhanced skeletal remains lie preserved in a glass case in the Santa Maria della Vittoria in Rome.
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Rome, Italy
The martyr's wax-enhanced skeletal remains lie preserved in a glass case in the Santa Maria della Vittoria in Rome.
Volterra, Italy
This real life asylum of horrors is now an abandoned ruin that hides the unbreakable code to one patient's insanity.
London, England
A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.
Boston, Massachusetts
One of the last remaining World War II Victory Gardens in the U.S. is quietly growing across from Fenway Park.
Savannah, Georgia
This kitschy tavern is also home to rare early editions of "Treasure Island."
Florence, Italy
The oldest operating pharmacy in the world features 800-year-old recipes.
Florence, Italy
This private skyway is filled with art and was expanded explicitly so that Hitler could appreciate a river.
Venice, Italy
This palatial spiral staircase was so unusual the name "snail" was given to the noble family who built it.
Florence, Italy
A slightly creepy gallery of plaster cast models in the same museum as Michelangelo's David.