Rome, Italy
Papal Hearts at Santi Vincenzo e Anastasio a Trevi
This former Roman Catholic Church still contains the embalmed hearts and organs of 22 popes.
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Rome, Italy
This former Roman Catholic Church still contains the embalmed hearts and organs of 22 popes.
Saint-Denis, France
The mummified heart of Louis XVII, the lost dauphin of the French Revolution.
Akarsu Köyü, Turkey
A Turkish monastery tucked into a cliff wall.
Abhaneri, India
Thousands of exquisitely carved stone water storage wells, hundreds of stone steps fill this exquisite medieval stepwell.
Petra District, Jordan
An ancient capital city that dates back 3,000 years and harbors many surprises.
Ljubljana, Slovenia
A whimsical bridge adorned with decorative dragons.
Da Nang, Vietnam
This bridge is embedded with a giant steel dragon that breathes fire from its mouth.
Dubova, Romania
A giant portrait of an ancient king looms over the river.
Madurai, India
This ancient Hindu temple is covered in thousands of colorful statues and has a long mythological history.
Budapest, Hungary
A statue in Budapest's Liberty Square honors the former U.S. president's efforts to end the Cold War.
Budapest, Hungary
This Hungarian castle was built out of cardboard and wood until it proved so popular that it got upgraded to stone.
Budapest, Hungary
Uh, pardon me, ma'am, but I couldn't help noticing that there's a Columbo statue in the middle of Budapest.
Budapest, Hungary
Possibly the world's largest hourglass only needs to be reset every New Year's Eve.
Budapest, Hungary
Budapest's Communist-era statues, banished to the suburbs.
Budapest, Hungary
This off-beat, quirky communism-themed bar isn't afraid to poke fun at its history.
Budapest, Hungary
From Austrians to Nazis to Soviets, this historic Budapest fortress has a history as complex as the city itself.
Warsaw, Poland
Warsaw's fantastically preserved gasworks...almost.
Budapest, Hungary
The mummified right fist of a 1,000-year-old saint-king sits inside an ornate golden reliquary.
Budapest, Hungary
The abandoned "Red Star Train Graveyard" is the final rusting place for precious artifacts of train history.
Valencia, Spain
This house's itty bitty size means no humans allowed.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
A Dutch passageway's artistic, aquatic-themed makeover pays tribute to the capital city's famed waterways.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The former home of a mad diplomat is said to still be marked in bloody, arcane scrawls.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
This unattributed sculpture in Amsterdam is hiding in plain sight.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The attic of a four-century-old canal house hides a clandestine church.