Athens, Greece
The Gennadius Library
A sprawling collection of books and manuscripts about ancient Greece that would have put their famed libraries to shame.
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Athens, Greece
A sprawling collection of books and manuscripts about ancient Greece that would have put their famed libraries to shame.
Athens, Greece
A grotesque collection of wax limbs depicting the symptoms of venereal disease.
Laconia, Greece
This town named for the ancient God of War is home to fewer than a thousand people, but it's the birthplace of the Greek Revolution.
Moires, Greece
Cretean quarry suggests real-life site for ancient Greek myth of the man-eating Minotaur in his labyrinth.
Andros, Greece
Perched on a spindly rock spire in a Greek archipelago, this lighthouse would make a perfect wizard's tower.
Maisons-Alfort, France
The only remaining collection of flayed figures made by French "madman" Honoré Fragonard.
Kvam, Norway
Walk behind a 50-meter-high waterfall.
Bodo, Norway
According to the locals, the sands of this secluded Norway beach are infused with gemstone particles.
Brønnøy, Norway
A naturally occurring tunnel in this Nordic mountain makes it look like it's been shot.
Chamoli, India
A lake with hundreds of ancient skeletons surrounding it. The surprise is what killed them.
Ferentillo, Italy
Naturally preserved bodies are eerily staged throughout the crypt in varying poses.
Solferino, Italy
The bones of some 7,000 soldiers killed in the historic Battle of Solferino are stored here.
San Martino della Battaglia, Italy
The skulls and bones of thousands of soldiers line the walls of this small Italian chapel.
Mantua, Italy
A young Italian couple has been locked in an embrace for over 6,000 years.
Turin, Italy
The astonishing collection of an infamous criminologist.
Paris, France
The recovered bones of martyrs slaughtered during The Terror are on display in this church crypt.
Rome, Italy
At the crypt of St. Mary of Eulogies and the Dead you are left alone to ponder mortality among piles of skulls.
Faro, Portugal
This small chapel is built of human bones and decorated with a golden skeleton.
Milan, Italy
An ossuary built in 1210 to collect bones from the Ospedale Maggiore of Milan.
Évora, Portugal
A 16th century chapel decorated with bones, skulls, and entire bodies hanging from the wall.
Palermo, Italy
Thousands of well-dressed mummies below a monastery.
Lima, Peru
The mortal remains of an estimated 70,000 people lie in the basement of a monastery in Lima, Peru.
Marville, France
The remains of 40,000 humans, meticulously stacked in a tiny churchyard shed.
Wamba, Spain
One of the largest ossuaries in Spain is packed from floor to ceiling with bones.