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This statue celebrating everyday life in Dublin has a few unsavory nicknames.

The mummified heart of a saint lives on in this church—after a brief hiatus when it was stolen.

A mysterious plaque to the even more mysterious "Fr. Pat Noise," killed in "suspicious circumstances."

The block of aged dairy is probably still edible after 2,300 years in a peat bog.

This permanent collection of preserved bodies taken from Irish bogs is one of the leading authorities on such morbid mummies.

This mosaic-lined medieval church was built by the world's first admiral and still holds mass in ancient Greek.

An abandoned shopping gallery built during Fascist Italy tucked in the center of Palermo.

Why a column on the entrance is inscribed with a verse from the Quran is one of Sicily's many mysteries.

Every inch of this chapel is covered in craftsmanship from across the world.

Gorgeous views of Italian mountains and valleys form the backdrop of this unique open-air theater.

A church of bones, decorated with 40,000 human skeletons.

This artificial cave looks like something out of a fairytale.

A historic and beautiful Art Nouveau chamber in a historic railway station.

The last municipal pneumatic post system in the world was in operation for over 100 years, and may run again.

A 400-year-old mummified arm dangles from the ceiling of St. James the Greater, serving as a warning to thieves.

A plaque marks the spot where the saint was shoved off the Charles Bridge and into the river.

A grumpy old water goblin guarding an old mill on the Devil’s Stream in Prague.

The palace window through which Protestant nobles flung two Catholic regents, thus sparking the Thirty Years' War.

The slender brass strip in Prague's Old Town Square was used to tell time from 1652 to 1918.

The first museum in the world devoted to sexual gadgetry.

The medieval "Bearded Man" relief still serves as a clever flood warning marker.

This walkway is so narrow it needs its own light to stop pedestrian traffic jams.

The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.

A relic from one of London's worst 19th-century slums.