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Dome of San Lorenzo.

Turin, Italy

The Dome of San Lorenzo

The intricate geometry inside this Baroque-style dome was designed to create "terror of the human soul."

The “eyes of the Devil.”

Turin, Italy

Occhi del Diavolo

The mysterious “eyes of the Devil” dot a street in the occult center of Italy.

The slice of polenta, head-on

Turin, Italy

Fetta di Polenta

When this funny little building went up in the 19th century, most people thought it would simply fall over.

Shabti figurines in the museum

Turin, Italy

Egyptian Museum of Turin

One of the oldest and most significant collections of Ancient Egyptian archeology outside of Egypt.

The Fountain of the Twelve Months

Turin, Italy

Fontana dei Dodici Mesi

See every month of the year personified at this opulent Turinese fountain.

'The Bench of the Lovers'

Turin, Italy

'The Bench of the Lovers'

A portrayal of two lamps embraced and in love.

The knocker that gives the door its name.

Turin, Italy

Portone del Diavolo (Devil's Door)

This sinister Baroque entryway could lead you to a terrible fate.

the Devil's column

Milan, Italy

The Devil's Column

The mark of the Devil's horns on a marble column in Milan.

View from the main axis.

Milan, Italy

Santa Maria presso San Satiro

Small on the outside, big on the inside, this church is an astonishing act of visual deception.

Our Lord in the Attic

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Our Lord in the Attic

The attic of a four-century-old canal house hides a clandestine church.

Amsterdam Oersoep.

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Amsterdam Oersoep

A Dutch passageway's artistic, aquatic-themed makeover pays tribute to the capital city's famed waterways.

Corpus Hermeticum: first edition, by Marsilio Ficino, 1471 CE, at the Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica, Amsterdam.

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica (Ritman Library)

This impressive collection of rare books on ancient mysticism inspired author Dan Brown.

Tünnes und Schäl

Cologne, Germany

Tünnes und Schäl

Life-sized bronze statues of fictional puppet characters.

St. Petersglocke

Cologne, Germany

St. Petersglocke

The largest bell in the world has been swinging high above a Cologne cathedral for almost a century.

Posmievačik peeking from his alcove.

Bratislava, Slovakia

Posmievačik

No one knows the origin of this creepy little stone man with an oversized phallus.

Wiener Pestsäule (Vienna Plague Column)

Vienna, Austria

Wiener Pestsäule (Vienna Plague Column)

Baroque celebration of the end of the Great Plague of Vienna.

Basic layout of Kafka kinetic mirrored bust.

Prague, Czechia

Hlava Franze Kafky (Franz Kafka's Head)

A bust of Franz Kafka spins in pieces, reflecting the writer's inner torment.

Prague Astronomical Clock

Prague, Czechia

Prague Astronomical Clock

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

Panel of shells

Margate, England

Margate Shell Grotto

Grotto replete with mystical designs laid out in glued shell mosaics.

Stone work is set into a recently renovated exterior.

Bruges, Belgium

The Devil's Pants

A piece of stonework relief commemorates the site where the Devil's rage, and odd apparel, destroyed a house.

Smedenpoort Skull

Bruges, Belgium

Smedenpoort Skull

The bronzed skull of a beheaded traitor was affixed to the city gate in the 17th century.

Abney Park Cemetery

London, England

Abney Park Cemetery

A historic arboretum and non-conformist, non-denominational park cemetery.

Albert Bridge

London, England

The Albert Bridge

Chelsea's soldiers were given strict orders when crossing this historic bridge.

Grasshopper.

London, England

Signs of Old Lombard Street

The last four extravagant street signs of London's historic banking street.

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