Turda, Romania
Salina Turda
This massive underground salt mine now holds a sci-fi theme park in its depths.
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Turda, Romania
This massive underground salt mine now holds a sci-fi theme park in its depths.
Snagov Island, Romania
This solitary monastery may hold the remains of Vlad the Impaler (but probably not).
Brașov, Romania
This snug medieval lane is one of the narrowest streets in the world.
Pavia, Italy
This 18th-century dissection theater's frescoes display a gorgeous tension between the terrestrial and esoteric.
Milan, Italy
An exclusive waiting room built for the royal family in the 1920s is hidden in Milan’s central station.
Milan, Italy
"The prettiest love letters in the world" ... or so said Lord Byron.
Lodi, Italy
A macabre anatomy museum tucked within an old Italian hospital.
Brescia, Italy
Explore the evolution of photography and cinema through historical and contemporary equipment.
Bienno, Italy
A place to appreciate the sweat and ingenuity it used to take to make a pot.
Collio, Italy
This decaying complex from the early 1900s was once the site of massive iron and fluorite mines.
Bagolino, Italy
This abandoned IDGZ station was one of 49 troposcatter stations in the NATO ACE High network.
Bagolino, Italy
An ancient cemetery hides behind a line of disparate chapels.
Canneto sull'Oglio, Italy
Photographs of the faces of the town's dead cover the walls of this small Italian church.
Solferino, Italy
The bones of some 7,000 soldiers killed in the historic Battle of Solferino are stored here.
Mantua, Italy
In Lago Superiore, the largest expanse of lotus flowers outside of Asia is hard to miss.
Venice, Italy
Tiny museum with unusual specimens.