Marville, France
Marville Ossuary
The remains of 40,000 humans, meticulously stacked in a tiny churchyard shed.
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Marville, France
The remains of 40,000 humans, meticulously stacked in a tiny churchyard shed.
Auvers-sur-Oise, France
The artist and his brother are buried in a landscape straight out of a van Gogh painting.
Paris, France
The oldest stone house in Paris was built by its most famous alchemist.
Plouha, France
Medieval Danse Macabre Fresco in Northern Brittany.
Rome, Italy
Museum dedicated to literary greats of the Romantic Period is also the home in which Keats met his untimely end.
Rome, Italy
A fairy tale castle in modern Rome.
Rome, Italy
Architectural monsters are devouring this palace's every door and window.
Rome, Italy
The skull of the patron saint of lovers lies in the Basilica di Santa Maria in Cosmedin—maybe.
Rome, Italy
The final resting place of the poets Shelley and Keats.
Rome, Italy
At the crypt of St. Mary of Eulogies and the Dead you are left alone to ponder mortality among piles of skulls.
Prague, Czechia
A Jenga-style cylindrical tower of books that appears to go on forever.
Prague, Czechia
The hidden lair of an alchemist rediscovered in a 2002 flood.
Portland, Oregon
Their motto is, "We've been bonkers for hats even longer than you have!"
Portland, Oregon
Private collection of art inspired by cabinets of curiosity.
Portland, Oregon
These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.
Dénezé-sous-Doué, France
Figures of unknown origin carved into the surfaces of underground caves.
Les Vauxbelets, Guernsey
An intricately decorated tiny place of worship.
Cossé-le-Vivien, France
A self-built mosaic house and sculpture park.
Saint-Jean-de-Boiseau, France
Do these monsters look familiar? The gargoyles on this church are all from pop culture.
Mont Saint-Michel, France
This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.
Amanlis, France
An enchanting work of outsider art, full of whimsical sculptures and carvings.
Saint-Malo, France
Folklore and history carved into Brittany's coast.
Saint-Malo, France
On this romantic tidal island reachable only at low tide the tomb of a famous French writer overlooks the sea.
Saint-Rivoal, France
An isolated 17th-century chapel on a remarkable site once dedicated to Celtic sun worship.