Paris, France
Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature (Museum of Hunting and Nature)
Dedicated to the art of hunting, with juxtapositions of contemporary art.
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Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Versailles, France
The Osmothèque
Perfume museum and library.
Siena, Italy
St. Catherine of Siena's Severed Head
A dismembered holy head stares out from her beautiful reliquary at the St. Dominic Basilica.
Rome, Italy
The Head of St. John the Baptist at San Silvestro in Capite
One of several skulls claiming to belong to the beheaded St. John the Baptist is on display at this Roman church.
Rome, Italy
St. Valentine's Skull
The skull of the patron saint of lovers lies in the Basilica di Santa Maria in Cosmedin—maybe.
Chartres, France
Labyrinth at Chartres Cathedral
The famous winding walk at Chartres is surrounded in mystery and myth.
Turin, Italy
Cesare Lombroso's Museum of Criminal Anthropology
The astonishing collection of an infamous criminologist.
Nevers, France
St. Bernadette of Lourdes
The not-quite-incorruptible St. Bernadette is perhaps the most beautiful of preserved saints—with a little help from Paris.
Los Angeles, California
Valley Relics Museum
One man's vast collection of artifacts and ephemera from matchbooks and postcards to vintage neon signs and cars.
New York, New York
The Relic Chapel at the Church of the Most Holy Redeemer
Relics given to a Manhattan church to avoid seizure by the Italian government.
Dublin, Ireland
Relics of St. Valentine at Whitefriar Street Church
Some of the saint's blood and bones are said to reside in Dublin.
Paris, France
The Wax and Bone Relics of Saint Vincent de Paul
Saintly bones pressed into a wax effigy of a Catholic superstar.
Bangkok, Thailand
Wat Mahathat (Temple of the Great Relic)
The headquarters of the Mahanikai school of Buddhism, Thailand's largest monastic order.
Bologna, Italy
Relics in the Basilica of San Domenico
A diverse collection of wax, bone, papier-maché and mummified relics.
Roquemaure, France
Relics of St. Valentine
Celebrate the end of the Great French Wine Blight with a festival of kissing.
Chicago, Illinois
First-Class Relic of Padre Pio
A bloodstain from "the wound of the transverberation of the heart."
Ortona, Italy
Relics of the Apostle St. Thomas
The relics of one of Jesus' 12 apostles are enshrined in this Italian Basilica.
Singapore
Buddha Tooth Relic Temple & Museum
This $62 million dollar temple was erected to house one little dental fragment of religious history.
Dubrovnik, Croatia
The Relic of St. Silvan
A full figure 4th century incorruptible saint lies in a glass coffin in Croatia.
Florissant, Missouri
Old St. Ferdinand Shrine
A wax effigy of St. Valentine hides one of the saint's relics.
Florence, Italy
The Relic of St. Antoninus
The mummified relic of St. Antoninus.
Munich, Germany
The Relics of Munich Residenz
This magnificent museum claims to house the cranium of a disciple and the skull of a pope.
Cork, Ireland
The Butter Museum
This Irish museum in a historic 19th century market pays tribute to the glory of butter.
Dublin, Ireland
The Famine Memorial in Dublin
The somber sculptures commemorating Irish Famine on the river Liffey in Dublin.
