Křtiny, Czechia
Křtiny Ossuary
Mysterious painted skulls in Moravia.
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Křtiny, Czechia
Mysterious painted skulls in Moravia.
Waldsassen, Germany
Skeletons dressed in extravagant 18th century royal costumes cavort in the aisles of this German basilica.
Brno, Czechia
Europe's second largest ossuary wasn't discovered until 2001.
Oppenheim, Germany
This German bone house contains the remains of some 20,000 souls.
Cologne, Germany
A church filled with the bones of hundreds of virgins martyrs—or so they say.
Cham, Germany
In 1830, cemetery workers in Cham unearthed a chamber housing thousands of skeletal remains from the 13th century, which can still be viewed today.
Melnik, Czechia
Underneath this small church are 15,000 bones, arranged by an obsessive academic.
Putim, Czechia
The mystery of the Putim Ossuary involves a tricorn hat.
Hallstatt, Austria
An Austrian house of bones filled with hundreds of intricately painted skulls.
Želízy, Czechia
Two monstrous faces loom over a village in Czechia.
Cologne, Germany
Thousands of tourists and residents in Cologne affix "love padlocks" on the Hohenzollernbrücke Bridge to symbolize their affections.
Albertslund, Denmark
An artist has turned what most people would consider a bathroom nightmare into a work of political art.
Holmegaard, Denmark
The greatest amusement park in the world is wall-to-wall farting dogs, puking rats, and cows with exposed breasts for the whole family.
San Francisco Mazapa, Mexico
Cool down and fill up after visiting Teotihuacán at this bar and restaurant in a deep, underground cave.
Nativitas, Mexico
The grounds of this former dairy hacienda now contain an entire town inspired by Tuscany, Italy.
San Andrés Cholula, Mexico
An Aztec temple, the largest man-made pyramid in the world, sits buried in earth with a Spanish church set on top.
Puebla, Mexico
A former factory hosts an amazing collection of Mexican marionettes.
Puebla, Mexico
The first public library in the Americas has more than 45,000 books dating back to the 15th century.
Borås, Sweden
A colossal strolling Pinocchio that was greeted with more outrage than whimsy.
Torslanda, Sweden
Sweden's southernmost prehistoric rock art is hidden just outside Gothenburg.
Gothenburg, Sweden
A 200-year-old collection of medical paraphernalia in a historic house.
Berlin, Germany
A remarkable cabinet of curiosities in an art space in the center of Berlin.
Berlin, Germany
Come stay at a live-in art installation.
Berlin, Germany
A museum dedicated to a Cold War era sausage.