Atessa, Italy
The Dragon Rib of Atessa
A preserved dragon's rib that remembers the legend of the founding of the city of Atessa.
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Atessa, Italy
A preserved dragon's rib that remembers the legend of the founding of the city of Atessa.
Krakow, Poland
Real bones which are said to have belonged to a Polish dragon.
Krakow, Poland
This Polish cave has housed a dragon, a brothel, and an enduring legend.
Wieliczka, Poland
An underground city of salt.
Helsinki, Finland
A subterranean house of worship carved right out of the bedrock.
Helsinki, Finland
An alien church provides much needed silence in the midst of a Finland shopping center.
Helsinki, Finland
A collection of collections ranging from dentistry to minerals.
Helsinki, Finland
A lovingly curated curio shop in which the taxidermy wear newspaper party hats, and peanut shells are spread across every surface.
Bournemouth, England
A genuine Little Shop of Horrors.
Bloomington, Indiana
Ornate limestone building now filled with geologic specimens, and more.
Bloomington, Indiana
If astronomy had a ghost, it would look like this observatory.
Bedford, Indiana
The longest navigable underground river in the United States is home to countless blind and albino animals.
Tulum, Mexico
An ancient system of freshwater caves filled with animal bones, including that of species long-extinct.
Paris, France
A haunting collection of the vanished and disappearing natural world.
Paris, France
The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.
London, England
Rebuilt remains of a temple to Roman god Mithras.
Vienna, Austria
The crypt of the imposing Stephensdom holds royal intestines and thousands of skeletons.
Vienna, Austria
The final resting place for the remains of 143 Habsburg royalty.
Vienna, Austria
The beautiful baroque library of the Hapsburg empire.
Evansville, Indiana
Patrick Dougherty's fantastic living tree sculptures, mind-blowing but temporary.
Reykjavik, Iceland
One of the tallest buildings in Iceland, and perhaps, the most visually impressive.
Reykjavik, Iceland
Learn about Iceland's hidden folk at this school dedicated to the study of elves.
Stamford, Connecticut
An Escher-inspired library dedicated to the wonders of the human mind, yet closed to the public.
South Salem, New York
Protecting the future of some of the rarest and most misunderstood mammals of North America.