Bologna, Italy
Bologna's Istituto di Anatomia Umana Normale
An amazing collection of wax anatomical models and terratological models.
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Bologna, Italy
An amazing collection of wax anatomical models and terratological models.
Milan, Italy
Long-abandoned art nouveau baths beneath Milan's Piazza Oberdan.
Venice, Italy
This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.
Sorrento, Italy
An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.
Rome, Italy
The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."
Haverhill, England
A large piece of modern art makes this roundabout the only one in the world with its own laser.
Harpenden, England
Chemical fertilizer in agriculture's origin story begins here.
Edinburgh, Scotland
This former train tunnel is filled with lines from a poem crafted by Robert Louis Stevenson.
Larne, Northern Ireland
A vibrant portrait celebrates the actress in her hometown.
Southwell, England
In the U.K., a historic workhouse shines a light on the early, harsh treatment of the poor.
London, England
The beloved beast's taxidermy remains sit in the Natural History Museum's cafe.
Bishop Auckland, England
Rare remnants of the brick-domed ovens birthed in the Durham coalfield during the Industrial Revolution.
Glastonbury, England
The final resting place of one of the most influential modern occultists.
Durham, England
Take afternoon tea in a 17th-century almshouse.
Birchington-on-Sea, England
An English explorer's vast natural history collection has the first realistic dioramas of animals staged in their natural habitats.
Tattingstone, England
An 18th-century estate owner thought these cottages were an eyesore, so he artfully disguised them as a church.
Beverley, England
Lewis Carroll's White Rabbit or something else altogether?
Rochester, England
This foreboding medieval castle was twice besieged by barons rebelling against the English king.
Shoreham-by-Sea, England
A motley, fantastical agglomeration of unlikely houseboats along the Shoreham-by-Sea riverbank.
Maidstone, England
This 2,700-year-old woman is the jewel of the Maidstone Museum's Egyptian collection.
Edinburgh, Scotland
This extraordinary Viking artifact has traveled throughout the city.
Newport, Wales
The largest of only eight working transporter bridges left in the world.
Clevedon, England
Constructed from recycled wrought iron railroad tracks, it's been described as the most beautiful seaside pier in England.
Isle of Islay, Scotland
This 1,300-year-old marker is one of the finest and most complete early Christian crosses in Scotland.