Osimo, Italy
Grotte di Osimo
A series of caves, tunnels, and wells filled with fascinating figures and symbols.
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Osimo, Italy
A series of caves, tunnels, and wells filled with fascinating figures and symbols.
Chiusdino, Italy
These gutted monastery ruins still stand proudly in the middle of the Italian countryside.
Gruyères, Switzerland
The bizarre visions of H.R. Giger, tucked away in a Swiss medieval city.
Chiusdino, Italy
This sword isn't waiting for a king to pull it out. It was placed there by a saint.
Port-de-Bouc, France
700 iron sculptures crammed into a Mediterranean park.
Naples, Italy
The Neapolitan Cult of the Dead still cares for the skulls at this mini-Fontanelle.
Naples, Italy
Dug as a secret royal escape route, the tunnel became a wartime bomb shelter and dumping ground for vintage cars.
Naples, Italy
A labyrinth of ancient tunnels hidden below the city holds the ruins of 2,500 years of history.
Lyon, France
Inside this museum, Christians were imprisoned when the Romans controlled Gaul.
Sant Just Desvern, Spain
An architect transformed this abandoned cement factory into his castle-like workshop.
Cossé-le-Vivien, France
A self-built mosaic house and sculpture park.
Dénezé-sous-Doué, France
Figures of unknown origin carved into the surfaces of underground caves.
Souzay-Champigny, France
Ivy-covered Medieval tunnels cut through this charming town in France's Loire Valley.
Minerve, France
A well-preserved medieval village nested on a rocky outcrop and surrounded by a network of cliffs, natural bridges and canyons.
Castellfollit de la Roca, Spain
Village situated on a narrow volcanic escarpment.
Barcelona, Spain
The studio of Catalonia's most famous theatrical designer remains exactly as he left it.
Soriano nel Cimino, Italy
A fascinating assortment of cave dwellings, medieval ruins, and sarcophagi are being devoured by the forest.
Italy
A spiritual sanctuary in a natural cave.
Larmor-Baden, France
One of the great treasures of Neolithic art lies within this carefully constructed pile of rocks.
Peaugres, France
One of the greatest maze designer’s greatest mazes.
Canale Monterano, Italy
The remains of a town so thoroughly destroyed by French forces that the citizens simply left.
Viterbo, Italy
The leathery remains of a woman who died in the 13th century now lie in a church named for her.
Vetralla, Italy
One of ancient Etruria's most spectacular archaeological sites with impressive necropolises and rugged landscape.
Colares, Portugal
The verdant mossy ruins of a Franciscan monastery lie in the remote Sintra hills awaiting exploration.