Florence, Italy
Cimitero delle Porte Sante (Sacred Doors Cemetery)
The graveyard is filled with beautiful funerary art and boasts breathtaking views of Florence.
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Florence, Italy
The graveyard is filled with beautiful funerary art and boasts breathtaking views of Florence.
Florence, Italy
The mummified relic of St. Antoninus.
Florence, Italy
The doodles of a genius line the walls of a secret room under the Medici Chapel, where they were hidden for nearly 500 years.
Stockholm, Sweden
This building, previously used as a courthouse, has an unusual geological feature in its basement.
Skarpnäcks Gård, Sweden
This hole formed by a glacier is the largest and best-preserved of its kind in Stockholm.
Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel, Netherlands
A large measuring stick marks the lowest point of a country that is partially under sea level.
Ardtalnaig, Scotland
Monty Python fans will recognize this abandoned mine as the Cave of the Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog.
Sheffield, England
This Sheffield sculpture composed of 17,000 Allen keys honors both urban falcons and a furniture icon.
Carnforth, England
Inside this station, the 1945 film "Brief Encounter" is played on a loop daily.
Lancashire, England
Oliver Cromwell marched his army over this narrow bridge to victory at the Battle of Preston in 1648.
Preston, England
A harrowing sculpture commemorates the four people shot down during the workers strike of 1842.
Canterbury, England
This strangely dressed taxidermy creature has a heartbreaking story.
Canterbury, England
An impressive armored bronze effigy marks the tomb of one of the medieval era's greatest warriors.
Wellesley Island, New York
This tiny little island has, as the name says, just enough room for its single house.
Iceland
Twisted girders are all that remain of an Icelandic bridge that was wiped out by a combination of volcanic heat and glacial floods.
Iceland
The oldest steel ship in Iceland has been beached for years and is now a rusting ruin.
Iceland
A sulfuric martian landscape that looks far better than it smells.
Valaste, Estonia
This stunning limestone waterfall is the highest in Estonia.
Reykholt, Iceland
This hobbit-y little hot spring may be the oldest spring used by humans in all of Iceland.
Iceland
This elegant arc of a waterfall marks a religious turning point.
Iceland
The most powerful waterfall in all of Europe.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Europe's official "zero-level," the equator of elevation.
Reykjanesbær, Iceland
This wild explosion of color on a disused water tower tells the whimsical tale of a curious puffin.
Iceland
A Wes Anderson-esque lighthouse that boasts magnificent coastal views.