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
Theme park featuring miniature replicas of European monuments.
Brussels, Belgium
From Tintin to the Smurfs, Europe's greatest graphic icons are celebrated in a grand Art Noveau gallery.
Brussels, Belgium
Lavish royal estate punctuated with heated greenhouses.
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
The spectacular and eerie moss-covered grave site of 19th-century Belgian merchant.
Bruges, Belgium
The bronzed skull of a beheaded traitor was affixed to the city gate in the 17th century.
Bruges, Belgium
This former Masonic lodge has been transformed into part museum, part bar, all awesome.
Bordighera, Italy
The top of society once luxuriated in this world-class hotel, which continues to impress, even in ruin.
Sanremo, Italy
There once was a man named Lear / Who found limericks so dear / His final resting space / Is an unusual place / Most people don’t know he’s here.
Sanremo, Italy
An ancient rogue artist community hidden next to one of the world's most glitzy and glamorous cities.
Florence, Italy
The graveyard is filled with beautiful funerary art and boasts breathtaking views of Florence.
Florence, Italy
Over 50 exquisite hand-painted Renaissance maps decorate a Medici storage room.
Florence, Italy
Drink wine handed out through a window as part of an age-old tradition.
Florence, Italy
Art and armour fill every inch of this rich kid's Italian villa.
Florence, Italy
Renaissance hospital featuring a rotating door into which unwanted babies were dropped.
Florence, Italy
Overlooked amid the tourist bustle of Florence, this museum is dedicated to the craft of stone inlay.
Florence, Italy
An extraordinary house museum and cabinet of curiosities in the heart of Florence.
Florence, Italy
More than 450 years ago, an Italian nun became the first woman to paint the iconic subject.
Florence, Italy
Many famous English poets including Elizabeth Barrett Browning are laid to rest at this Swiss-owned cemetery in Florence.
Hamburg, Germany
Dating back to the Pre-Roman Iron Age, this piece of bread is Europe's oldest surviving formed bakery product.
Hamburg, Germany
This red light district plaza memorializes the Fab Four and their historic connection to the area.
Hamburg, Germany
Hidden in plain sight on a gable between two towers on the roof of shipping firm F. Laeisz' headquarter in Hamburg sits an unexpected bronze sculpture.