Milan, Italy
Royal Pavilion at Stazione Centrale
An exclusive waiting room built for the royal family in the 1920s is hidden in Milan’s central station.
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Milan, Italy
An exclusive waiting room built for the royal family in the 1920s is hidden in Milan’s central station.
Oxford, England
The names Lúthien and Beren can be found inscribed on the shared grave of the famous writer and his beloved wife and muse.
Barcelona, Spain
One of Antoni Gaudí's most classic buildings is well-known for its "dragon-back" design.
Isle of Skye, Scotland
These fantastically named natural pools look like something out of a Scottish myth.
Glasgow, Scotland
"Respectful to the dead, safe and sanitary to the living, dedicated to the Genius of Memory..."
Roslin, Scotland
A church that bred legends, and served as an inspiration for the Da Vinci Code.
Sandwick, Scotland
Amazing and mysterious Neolithic settlement on Scotland's Orkney Islands.
London, England
A closed London rail station created to cart away the dead still bears the marks of attempts to make it less morbid.
Vatican City
Hidden beneath the famous St. Peter's Basilica is a veritable city of the dead that may hold the remains of St. Peter himself.
Urbania, Italy
Eighteen mummies have stood guard behind the altar of this tiny church since 1833.
Edinburgh, Scotland
A six-ton wedding present for the King of the Scots.
Buxton, England
This beautiful "lagoon" is actually a toxic soup filled with cars, carcasses, and trash. When warnings couldn't stop people from going for a dip, the town dyed it black.
Avioth, France
A towering baroque basilica jutting out of the French countryside.
Schwangau, Germany
The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”
London, England
London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.
Ljubljana, Slovenia
A whimsical bridge adorned with decorative dragons.