Turin, Italy
Portone del Diavolo (Devil's Door)
This sinister Baroque entryway could lead you to a terrible fate.
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Turin, Italy
This sinister Baroque entryway could lead you to a terrible fate.
Turin, Italy
The intricate geometry inside this Baroque-style dome was designed to create "terror of the human soul."
Turin, Italy
See every month of the year personified at this opulent Turinese fountain.
Turin, Italy
A portrayal of two lamps embraced and in love.
Turin, Italy
A fake medieval village in the middle of Turin.
Turin, Italy
When this funny little building went up in the 19th century, most people thought it would simply fall over.
Turin, Italy
One of the oldest and most significant collections of Ancient Egyptian archeology outside of Egypt.
Turin, Italy
The mysterious “eyes of the Devil” dot a street in the occult center of Italy.
Cologne, Germany
Life-sized bronze statues of fictional puppet characters.
Cologne, Germany
The largest bell in the world has been swinging high above a Cologne cathedral for almost a century.
Bratislava, Slovakia
An ode to a soldier who came to town, fell in love, then began making his own sparkling wine.
Bratislava, Slovakia
No one knows the origin of this creepy little stone man with an oversized phallus.
Vienna, Austria
A mechanical clock built in 1914, with a rotation of 12 historical figures on its face.
Vienna, Austria
Baroque celebration of the end of the Great Plague of Vienna.
Prague, Czechia
A bust of Franz Kafka spins in pieces, reflecting the writer's inner torment.
Prague, Czechia
A surreal statue honoring Prague's favorite literary son.
Prague, Czechia
Bullet holes in the church wall are a reminder of the violence that followed the assassination of a high-ranking Nazi officer.
Prague, Czechia
Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.
Margate, England
Grotto replete with mystical designs laid out in glued shell mosaics.
Paris, France
A poem by Arthur Rimbaud is inscribed on the wall of a street that, while it is only one block long, plays a key role in multiple novels.
Bruges, Belgium
The bronzed skull of a beheaded traitor was affixed to the city gate in the 17th century.
Bruges, Belgium
A piece of stonework relief commemorates the site where the Devil's rage, and odd apparel, destroyed a house.
Bruges, Belgium
Christ's blood allegedly preserved in a Belgian town.
Bruges, Belgium
You can spot this teeny tiny stained-glass window from the Bonifacius bridge.