Brussels, Belgium
Laeken Cemetery Crypt
This recently restored crypt was once plagued by liquefying coffins and exploding caskets.
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Brussels, Belgium
This recently restored crypt was once plagued by liquefying coffins and exploding caskets.
Brussels, Belgium
Meet the bronze beloved pet to a family of famous peeing statues.
Brussels, Belgium
Climb inside an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times its normal size.
Bruges, Belgium
A piece of stonework relief commemorates the site where the Devil's rage, and odd apparel, destroyed a house.
Bruges, Belgium
The oldest cemetery in Belgium.
Bruges, Belgium
Explore 400,000 years of humans' "battle against darkness" in this offbeat but thorough lamp museum.
Milan, Italy
See what remains of a once grand ancient Roman circus.
Milan, Italy
Saint Borromeo often prayed in this austere crypt during the 16th century.
Milan, Italy
This grisly effigy displays an early Christian martyr who was skinned alive and beheaded.
Milan, Italy
The mark of the Devil's horns on a marble column in Milan.
Milan, Italy
Vast network of air raid tunnels beneath Lombardy's capital.
Milan, Italy
Artistic tombs, monuments, and a beautiful "Hall of Fame" lurk inside this cemetery.
Milan, Italy
A space dedicated to contemporary art and culture, co-chaired by fashion icon Miuccia Prada.
Milan, Italy
This poignant art installation raises awareness of violence against women.
Milan, Italy
Before there were doorbells this bronze ear was installed for visitors to announce their arrival.
Milan, Italy
Two very green residential towers cleaning the air in one of Europe's most polluted cities.
Milan, Italy
Milan's duomo is covered in beautiful carving including a curious "dinosaur-like" beast.
Milan, Italy
A Milanese café entirely designed by the American director Wes Anderson.
Milan, Italy
An ossuary built in 1210 to collect bones from the Ospedale Maggiore of Milan.
Milan, Italy
Long-abandoned art nouveau baths beneath Milan's Piazza Oberdan.
Milan, Italy
The secret medieval communication system will whisk your words above the noise of the crowd.
Milan, Italy
This giant middle finger statue sends an unambiguous message to Italy's bankers.
Venice, Italy
The marble facade hides a little-known medical museum with early surgical instruments and rare copies of canonical texts.
Venice, Italy
100 year tradition of fist fights, marked by marble footsteps.