Zeitz, Germany
Cheese Mite Memorial
A simple tribute to the microscopic arachnid that gives its juices and its life to help make a speciality German cheese.
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Zeitz, Germany
A simple tribute to the microscopic arachnid that gives its juices and its life to help make a speciality German cheese.
Parma, Italy
The city of Parma's cathedral is home to one of the greatest illusionistic frescoes of the Renaissance.
Croatia
A self-proclaimed libertarian micro-state on a tiny bit of disputed territory between Serbia and Croatia.
Iisalmi, Finland
The smallest restaurant in the world.
Cambridge, England
An ordinary lamppost situated in the middle of Cambridge has an unusual moniker and history.
Borgo Valsugana, Italy
An open-air museum in a mountain valley features works designed to blend in with—and disintegrate back into—their natural surroundings.
Prague, Czechia
A Jenga-style cylindrical tower of books that appears to go on forever.
Castiglione della Pescaia, Italy
The final resting place of one of Italy’s most influential and imaginative writers.
Dublin, Ireland
The comedy and tragedy of Oscar Wilde is preserved in a Dublin park, captured in a sculpture of colorful stone.
Elmira, New York
The little-known final resting place of one of America's greatest writers.
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.
Oxford, England
The beloved fantasy novelist is buried near a church containing a whimsical etched glass window full of Narnia favorites.
Sutton Courtenay, England
In a sleepy village in Oxfordshire, the visionary English writer's gravesite attracts a yearly pilgrimage.
Foligno, Italy
The giant skeleton sculpture is surprisingly well-traveled.
Assisi, Italy
What appears to be an ancient Roman temple is actually a Catholic church.
Santuario di Caravaggio, Italy
An underground passage is home to a guillotine that predates the French Revolution by more than two centuries.
Schio, Italy
Explorable physical and digital art installation, hidden in the mountains.
Castiglione delle Stiviere, Italy
The skull of this patron saint is kept in a shrine located in his hometown.
Ferrara di Monte Baldo, Italy
This centuries-old Italian chapel hangs midway down a sheer cliffside.
Canneto sull'Oglio, Italy
Photographs of the faces of the town's dead cover the walls of this small Italian church.