Modena, Italy
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David Sedaris called it "The greatest shop in the world."
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Modena, Italy
David Sedaris called it "The greatest shop in the world."
San Gimignano, Italy
These medieval skyscrapers dominate the skyline of this small Tuscan town.
Prypiat, Ukraine
The ghost town left by the worst nuclear disaster of all time is being taken over by nature and urban explorers.
Prypiat, Ukraine
This attraction was abandoned after the Chornobyl disaster.
Ivankivs'kyi district, Ukraine
This derelict superstructure was a very important warning system for the Soviet military.
Kyiv, Ukraine
340-foot statue built to honour the Heroes of the Soviet Union.
Albano Laziale, Italy
Things seem to roll, flow and run uphill on this short patch of road near Ariccia, Italy.
Rome, Italy
The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."
Rome, Italy
Rome’s legendary peephole vista is also a former Crusader stronghold.
Rome, Italy
Gods clash with machines in a power plant regenerated as a museum.
Victoria Falls, Zambia
The world's highest and most dangerous infinity pool lies at the precipice of Victoria Falls.
Prague, Czechia
Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.
Capalbio, Italy
Gigantic mosaic sculptures of the figures on Tarot cards fill this colorful Tuscan garden.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
This city square is home to Amsterdam's oldest church and a statue honoring Dutch sex workers.
Stockholm, Sweden
Sweden's "good old days" painstakingly re-created in a model village.
Berlin, Germany
The most visited, and possibly most controversial, museum in Germany.
Bomarzo, Italy
A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.
Sant'Ambrogio di Torino, Italy
The mountaintop inspiration for Umberto Eco's "The Name of the Rose."
Mellieħa, Malta
An abandoned set from the 1980 film "Popeye," claimed and repurposed as a theme park by creative locals.