Bologna, Italy
The Demon of Palazzo Salina
This building features dozens of faces along its facade, although one is a bit chilling.
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Bologna, Italy
This building features dozens of faces along its facade, although one is a bit chilling.
Bologna, Italy
An extraordinary collection of 18th century anatomical waxworks.
Capannori, Italy
This enchanting 600-year-old tree is so magical it inspired the beloved tale of Pinocchio.
London, England
King of the Saxons on top, Roman goddess of wisdom on the bottom.
London, England
The taxidermied remains of a once-great parrot.
London, England
An unusual ode to the late Irish playwright, complete with a squiggly bust and coffin-shaped bench.
London, England
The television series' iconic giant foot was borrowed from this classical painting.
London, England
One of the world's largest collections of pathological specimens.
London, England
This South London cemetery holds the remains of more than 15,000 people.
Chester, England
A rare wooden coffin set vertically into the Gothic arch of an ruined church.
Naples, Italy
A surreal botanical garden with an even more surreal tour guide.
Prague, Czechia
A saintly relic hidden in a Prague church basement.
London, England
This overlooked street light once served as a KGB dead letter box.
London, England
One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.
London, England
This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.
Venice, Italy
This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.
Strasbourg, France
This 14th century wine cellar is home to the oldest barrel-stored wine in the world.
Rhodes, Greece
One of the best-preserved medieval streets in Europe.
Dublin, Ireland
After it was swallowed by a Georgian mansion, this medieval castle remained forgotten for centuries.
Dublin, Ireland
The modern birthplace of Irish freedom.
Dublin, Ireland
The block of aged dairy is probably still edible after 2,300 years in a peat bog.
Dublin, Ireland
The house where the writer spent his formative years.
Dublin, Ireland
The Grand Lodge of Ireland is one of the oldest in the world, full of fantastical, elaborately themed rooms.
Dublin, Ireland
The comedy and tragedy of Oscar Wilde is preserved in a Dublin park, captured in a sculpture of colorful stone.