Amsterdam, Netherlands
Biblioteca Ets Haim
The world's oldest Jewish library was founded by Sephardic Jews in 17th century Amsterdam.
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Amsterdam, Netherlands
The world's oldest Jewish library was founded by Sephardic Jews in 17th century Amsterdam.
Ouderkerk aan de Amstel, Netherlands
A Portuguese Jewish cemetery filled with stunning grave monuments that date back to 1614.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
An Amsterdam street lined with antique shops each one dedicated to a different obscure collection.
Tallinn, Estonia
Tallinn, Estonia
This striking memorial is one of Estonia’s most controversial Soviet leftovers.
Tallinn, Estonia
Relics from an era long gone, sit idle outside this Estonian museum.
Birżebbuġa, Malta
The bones of prehistoric animals and early signs of human habitation have been found inside Malta's "cave of darkness."
Xagħra, Malta
These temples are among the oldest free-standing stone buildings in the world.
Valletta, Malta
After 400 years of being closed to the public, this monastery's underground tunnels and secret garden are now a museum.
Rabat, Malta
Overshadowed by other, more famous Maltese catacombs, this ancient burial chamber has one of the best examples of a ritual agape table.
St. Paul's Bay, Malta
The ruins of a megalithic monument sit right in the garden of a luxurious Maltese resort.
Qrendi, Malta
This Stone Age solar temple aligns with the sun on each equinox and solstice.
Paola, Malta
This subterranean necropolis holds three floors of antler-dug grave caves.
Iż-Żejtun, Malta
A hidden tunnel of bones in one of Malta's oldest churches.
Valletta, Malta
The floor of this spectacular Baroque sanctuary is covered in memento mori.
Rome, Italy
Italian horror legend Dario Argento’s own shop hides a sinister museum-dungeon in the basement.
Rome, Italy
St. Francesca Romana, patron saint of drivers, resides in the church she founded.
Rome, Italy
The mystic whose incorrupt corpse still attracts the faithful.
Rome, Italy
A burial vault located under Tiber Island in the middle of the Italian capital.
Rome, Italy
One of seven Jewish catacombs in Rome and one of only two open to the public.
Rome, Italy
A Nesting Doll of Churches.
Rome, Italy
The martyr's wax-enhanced skeletal remains lie preserved in a glass case in the Santa Maria della Vittoria in Rome.
Rome, Italy
One of the most important yet well-hidden museums dedicated to the history of medicine.
Rome, Italy
At the crypt of St. Mary of Eulogies and the Dead you are left alone to ponder mortality among piles of skulls.