Rome, Italy
The Aventine Keyhole
Rome’s legendary peephole vista is also a former Crusader stronghold.
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Rome, Italy
Rome’s legendary peephole vista is also a former Crusader stronghold.
Rome, Italy
One of seven Jewish catacombs in Rome and one of only two open to the public.
Andria, Italy
Geometry and mystery come together in an epic show of octagonal masonry.
Anacapri, Italy
The glowing blue Nymphaeum of Emperor Tiberius.
Alnwick, England
The sign at the garden gate reads: “These Plants Can Kill.”
Pompeii, Italy
Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.
Pompeii, Italy
The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.
Monte di Cuma, Italy
Virgil's many-mouthed gateway to the underworld.
Ercolano, Italy
Pompeii's less famous neighbor is still revealing her secrets.
Naples, Italy
An underground paleo-Christian burial site composed of the remains of several cemeteries and Basilicas.
Naples, Italy
The once forbidden "secret cabinet" of erotic art from excavations of Pompeii and Herculaneum.
Meyrin, Switzerland
Home of the Large Hadron Collider and the birthplace of the World Wide Web.
Vallorbe, Switzerland
Over 3km of caverns and caves at the Switzerland-France border contain the largest underground river in Central Europe.
Florence, Italy
The middle finger of modernity.
Monaco
Museum celebrating the ocean, with the largest wunderkammer dedicated to sea exploration.
Estavayer-le-Lac, Switzerland
150-year-old satirical tableaus made from stuffed frogs.
Pisa, Italy
Anatomical cabinet holds unexpected treasures.
Bolzano, Italy
Europe’s oldest natural human mummy.
Modena, Italy
David Sedaris called it "The greatest shop in the world."
Paris, France
A haunting collection of the vanished and disappearing natural world.
Paris, France
The history of radiation is on safe display at the foot of a radiation science laboratory.
Paris, France
France's national museum of scientific and industrial instruments.
Paris, France
"In the Dark" Restaurant in Paris offers dinner in complete darkness.
Warminster, England
The longest hedge maze in the world.