Prague, Czechia
Old Jewish Cemetery
Around 100,000 bodies are buried below the medieval headstones, many of which mark graves with multiple bodies stacked up to 12 deep.
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Prague, Czechia
Around 100,000 bodies are buried below the medieval headstones, many of which mark graves with multiple bodies stacked up to 12 deep.
Bolzano, Italy
Europe’s oldest natural human mummy.
Rome, Italy
A secret hatch containing two parchments was discovered in this statue over 40 years after its installation.
Viterbo, Italy
This fiberglass version of the Awakening sculpture by Seward Johnson, now resides in its third location in Italy, in Viterbo.
Vaglia, Italy
Renaissance villa and gardens complete with a tormented colossus.
Bomarzo, Italy
A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.
Vitorchiano, Italy
A lonesome Moai stands in a small Italian town some 9,000 miles away from its Easter Island brethren.
Civitavecchia, Italy
This statue in Civitavecchia recreates a famous photograph from the end of World War II in massive scale.
Civitavecchia, Italy
Why does this Italian coastal city have a statue of a 17th-century samurai?
Santa Caterina, Italy
The tallest statue in Italy is also one of the world's tallest statues of Jesus.
Luster, Norway
An intricately carved Viking church overlooks a glistening fjord.
Podoštra, Croatia
Humble beginnings for one of the world's most famous scientists.
Blace, Serbia
A Serbian monument to plums.
Trutnov, Czechia
Each spring, residents of this Czech town hoist a 'slain' metal dragon onto the city hall to commemorate a local medieval legend
Flintsbach am Inn, Germany
A rare example of a German cemetery with traditional grave markers dating back several generations.
Kaltenbach, Austria
Part ski resort, part modern art space, this lodge brings giant metal spiders and bloody doors to the Austrian Alps.
Bärnbach, Austria
Bizarrely-painted church designed by a controversial artist.
Çanakkale, Turkey
The legendary wooden horse that stands in modern Troy is a prop from the 2004 Wolfgang Petersen film.
Storuman, Sweden
The giant club-wielding wildman stands proud as the symbol of Swedish Lapland.
Ivenack, Germany
The oldest trees in Northern Germany.
Neustadt, Germany
The natural mummy of the less than chivalrous Knight Kahlbutz.
Brandenburg an der Havel, Germany
Pugs with antlers are found all over the city as a homage to one of its most famous cartoonists.
Ohrdruf, Germany
Made from trees and then abandoned, this fence is still growing along a path in Germany.
San Giovanni in Persiceto, Italy
A bronze monument to his majesty, King Gino.