Vienna, Austria
The Narrenturm
This former insane asylum now holds a pathological anatomy museum.
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Vienna, Austria
This former insane asylum now holds a pathological anatomy museum.
Vienna, Austria
The final resting place for the remains of 143 Habsburg royalty.
Munich, Germany
Among the ostentatious rococo ornamentation of this church, an image of death cuts the life-thread.
Munich, Germany
One man's personal kunstkammer, museum and shop.
Munich, Germany
A fearsome dragon clings to a corner of Munich's city hall.
Munich, Germany
The patron saint of spinsters grasps a container of dried blood.
Munich, Germany
Housed in an old church, this hunting museum holds a collection of mythical bird-rabbit creatures.
Sibiu, Romania
Something's watching you.
London, England
Several plaster noses are hidden in plain sight around London's Soho neighborhood.
London, England
A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.
Vienna, Austria
Beautiful Austrian natural history museum with carved ceilings and row after row of ancient taxidermy.
Vienna, Austria
Baroque celebration of the end of the Great Plague of Vienna.
Stockholm, Sweden
Sweden's "good old days" painstakingly re-created in a model village.
Stockholm, Sweden
Stockholm's decidedly unique public transit system has doubled as the world's longest art gallery for decades.
Stockholm, Sweden
Stockholm's deepest subway station is also a stunning ecological wonder.
Bergen, Norway
The former home of Norway's greatest romantic composer.
Bergen, Norway
The burning of this 12th-century church kicked off a campaign of Norwegian Black Metal terror.
Oslo, Norway
An artist's mausoleum with a haunting echo.
Oslo, Norway
One man's exploration of the human form, including the bizarre and delightful "Man Attacked by Babies."
Brno, Czechia
A peculiar clock commemorates a historic victory won by ringing the noonday bell an hour early.
Vilémovice, Czechia
The deepest sinkhole in Central Europe comes with a grisly tale and an unusual nickname: “The Stepmother Abyss.”
Brno, Czechia
Europe's second largest ossuary wasn't discovered until 2001.