Rome, Italy
Santa Maria della Concezione Crypts
The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."
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Rome, Italy
The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."
Rome, Italy
Stone memorial that's said to predict the death of the pope and the site of the Cadaver Synod.
Rome, Italy
One of Catholicism's four major basilicas has a series of papal portraits that are said to predict the end of the world.
Rome, Italy
2300-year-old Roman road connecting the empire.
Rome, Italy
Jesus' footprints and the first catacombs in the world.
Belpasso, Italy
The world's most active stratovolcano is almost always erupting.
Syracuse, Italy
Italian cave with exceptional acoustics and an unsavory history.
San Lawrenz, Malta
Two geological phenomena in one precarious locale: a towering stone window, and a deep blue void.
Victoria, Malta
This prison on the Maltese island of Gozo is almost 500 years old, and they have the graffiti to prove it.
Valletta, Malta
Dynastic Home of the De Piro Family.
Qrendi, Malta
This Stone Age solar temple aligns with the sun on each equinox and solstice.
Siġġiewi, Malta
Ancient mysterious ruts carved in the bedrock.
Rabat, Malta
Burial grounds for more than 1,000 bodies deep under the modern town of Rabat.
Mdina, Malta
The Jesus tree of Malta bears a striking resemblance to Christ on the cross.
Mellieħa, Malta
An abandoned set from the 1980 film "Popeye," claimed and repurposed as a theme park by creative locals.
Thunder Bay, Ontario
Profile of a sleeping person four kilometers long in 250-meter-high cliffs.