Mexico City, Mexico
Mercado de Sonora
Superstitious? Discover the witchy side of Mexico through its largest esoteric market.
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Mexico City, Mexico
Superstitious? Discover the witchy side of Mexico through its largest esoteric market.
Mexico City, Mexico
Frida Kahlo's childhood home, now a museum of her life and works.
Rome, Italy
The mystic whose incorrupt corpse still attracts the faithful.
Chiusdino, Italy
This sword isn't waiting for a king to pull it out. It was placed there by a saint.
Budapest, Hungary
This off-beat, quirky communism-themed bar isn't afraid to poke fun at its history.
Venice, Italy
Hanging within this medieval church are the bones of a beast allegedly slain by a fourth-century saint.
Venice, Italy
The only museum with its curator—and her pets—buried inside.
Venice, Italy
This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.
Santo Stefano Quisquina, Italy
Gorgeous views of Italian mountains and valleys form the backdrop of this unique open-air theater.
Palermo, Italy
This mosaic-lined medieval church was built by the world's first admiral and still holds mass in ancient Greek.
Budapest, Hungary
Once the home of a hermetic monk, this cave now houses a small church.
Milan, Italy
This camera store in Milan holds one of Europe’s largest collections of luxury-antique cameras.
Milan, Italy
The odd depiction of the Virgin Mary and baby Jesus is rooted in the Catholic Church's eradication of Catharism.
Milan, Italy
An ossuary built in 1210 to collect bones from the Ospedale Maggiore of Milan.
Rome, Italy
A collection of objects supposedly singed by the hands of souls in purgatory.
Rome, Italy
This hidden Art Nouveau courtyard is an opulent feast for the eyes.
Ferentillo, Italy
Naturally preserved bodies are eerily staged throughout the crypt in varying poses.
Soriano nel Cimino, Italy
This ancient altar emerges from the thick forests to reveal the mysteries of Etruscan sacrificial rituals.
Bologna, Italy
The mummified relic of St. Catherine sits forever on a golden throne.
Lucca, Italy
The naturally mummified body of a peasant girl saint.
Cagliari, Italy
A collection of wax anatomy by the great sculptor Clemente Susini.
Budapest, Hungary
A museum in the childhood house of a medical pioneer.
Bologna, Italy
An extraordinary collection of 18th century anatomical waxworks.
Vienna, Austria
One of the best collections of wax anatomical models in the world.