Turin, Italy
Occhi del Diavolo
The mysterious “eyes of the Devil” dot a street in the occult center of Italy.
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Turin, Italy
The mysterious “eyes of the Devil” dot a street in the occult center of Italy.
Bra, Italy
A collection of wonderfully preserved 19th-century creatures, as well as hunting trophies seized during a police raid.
Lakewood, Colorado
At this Denver landmark, the meals are compulsory, the sopapillas are complimentary, and the insanity is everywhere.
Leiden, Netherlands
The remnants of a WWI naval mine that once terrorized the country now decorates a street.
Leiden, Netherlands
Devious political maneuvering and four ancient, working telescopes are central to the world's second-oldest observatory.
Leiden, Netherlands
A 'living museum' in Leiden, the oldest of its kind in the Netherlands.
Leiden, Netherlands
A trio of red, white, and blue stones embedded in the streets of Leiden are markers of medieval territory and law.
Leiden, Netherlands
This historic Dutch newspaper building is covered with media-themed details—and one unrelated oddity.
Nordstrand, Germany
A tiny island is connected to the mainland by a private railway that residents travel in their own personal wagons.
Paris, France
Offal and flawless onion soup are on the menu at this restaurant that once catered to the workers of Les Halles.
Paris, France
This lesser-known Frank Gehry building houses a treasure trove of cinema history.
Paris, France
A beautiful Victorian statue shows France's enduring love of the rhinoceros.
Paris, France
The Argonaute submarine was the French navy's pride and joy in the 1950's.
Paris, France
Despite being considered a thoroughly American sport, basketball's oldest surviving playing field is found in the basement of a Paris YMCA.
Paris, France
Museum on French naval history, with magnificent figureheads, a historic diving suit, and a boat used by Napoleon.
Paris, France
How did a French journalist’s grave become the sexiest statue in the cemetery?
Paris, France
Paris' fabled purveyor of exotic taxidermy and natural history curios.
Paris, France
This Parisian fountain is a little bit fantasy and a little bit nightclub.
Paris, France
Statue of death tucked in the University of Medicine courtyard.
Paris, France
A subterranean shelter remains intact under a busy Paris railway station.
Paris, France
A surrealist timepiece by the artist of melting clocks.
Paris, France
Site of a classic 19th-century physics experiment to prove the earth is rotating.
Paris, France
This museum houses an imposing skeleton army comprised of creatures great and small.
Paris, France
Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.