Prague, Czechia
The Thief's Arm at Kostel Sv. Jakuba Vetsiho
A 400-year-old mummified arm dangles from the ceiling of St. James the Greater, serving as a warning to thieves.
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Prague, Czechia
A 400-year-old mummified arm dangles from the ceiling of St. James the Greater, serving as a warning to thieves.
Vienna, Austria
Macabre museum devoted to historical Viennese murders.
Chicago, Illinois
The site of the first couple's first kiss is commemorated by the most adorable presidential monument ever.
Polldubh, Scotland
The highest peak in the United Kingdom has a history of physics, specters, and a pilgrimage of strange objects.
Naples, Italy
Locals pay their respects at a shrine to soccer player Diego Maradona—which claims to contain a real lock of his hair.
Cornuda, Italy
This Italian museum is a one-of-a-kind celebration of printing and type.
Guarcino, Italy
This mysterious ancient arch is hidden in the forest of Simbruini Mountains Regional Park.
Colzate, Italy
Distressing images of the Last Judgement adorn the walls of this medieval sanctuary named for St. Patrick.
Italy
This high-speed test track is popular with car manufacturers, speed freaks and orbiting astronauts.
Livorno, Italy
This Tuscan church contains a gallery of over 700 ex-votos depicting near-death experiences.
Trani, Italy
Three underground crypts and a pointed arch under the bell tower make this cathedral unique among Romanesque churches.
Camerata Nuova, Italy
The ruins of a medieval village that was abandoned after a 19th-century inferno.
Procida, Italy
This stately palace, first built in the 16th century, was converted into a prison in 1830.
Duino, Italy
This beautiful 14th-century castle perched on a promontory overlooks the Bay of Trieste.
Bozen, Italy
Inspired by the more famous Scrovegni Chapel, Cappella di San Giovanni contains several amazing frescoes.
Sedilo, Italy
A wild annual race in Sardinia re-enacts Constantine's victory in Rome.
Arquà Petrarca, Italy
A modest museum in the final home of Italian poet and father of modern Italian, Francesco Petrarca.
Mantua, Italy
A hidden bas-relief of a hare on a church main portal that brings good luck to the ones who find it.
Chioggia, Italy
One of the oldest still-working clocks in the world sits on an ancient tower.
London, England
Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.
Paris, France
In the best of all possible worlds, everyone will get a chance to see this statue in which Voltaire's heart is interred.
Lisbon, Portugal
This once-forgotten oasis in the middle of Lisbon was first created over a century ago quite by accident.
Kassel, Germany
A sprawling Baroque park with 300-year-old hydro-pneumatic waterworks.
Hunedoara, Romania
This fairy-tale castle would make Dracula (who is said to have been imprisoned there) jealous.