Lisbon, Portugal
Livraria Simão
One of the smallest bookstores on the planet.
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Lisbon, Portugal
One of the smallest bookstores on the planet.
Lisbon, Portugal
Catering to broken dolls for almost 200 years, this repair shop is now a charnel house of doll parts.
Lisbon, Portugal
This Industrial Age architectural and engineering gem helps visitors and residents alike traverse Lisbon, “The City of Seven Hills.”
Sintra, Portugal
This eccentrically decorated palace is replete with grottoes, fountains, tunnels, and caves.
Lisbon, Portugal
This museum contains a vast array of puppets and marionettes from all over the world, featuring incredible works by Portuguese creators.
Venice, Italy
Venice's island of the dead.
London, England
London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.
Milan, Italy
Artistic tombs, monuments, and a beautiful "Hall of Fame" lurk inside this cemetery.
Liphook, England
This incredible collection contains rare steam-powered engines, rides, and trains.
Naples, Italy
Dug as a secret royal escape route, the tunnel became a wartime bomb shelter and dumping ground for vintage cars.
Naples, Italy
An unusual "skull with ears" sits in the crypt of this small church tucked away at the end of a narrow alley.
Naples, Italy
This Neapolitan exhibition hall grants weird and wonderful insight into the intricacies of human biology.
Naples, Italy
A special area of the National Archaeological Museum of Naples is located inside a metro station.
Naples, Italy
San Gennaro, the patron saint of Naples, greets pedestrians between these narrow city streets.
Naples, Italy
The Neapolitan Cult of the Dead still cares for the skulls at this mini-Fontanelle.
Naples, Italy
A labyrinth of ancient tunnels hidden below the city holds the ruins of 2,500 years of history.
Naples, Italy
Every day is like Christmas on this street where the traditional Neapolitan nativity scene comes to life.
Naples, Italy
An eerie, little-known Neapolitan museum filled with preserved human remains.
London, England
A toy store with a century-long history preserves the craftsmanship of playthings of the past.
London, England
The "lost friend” is the most famous of the six moai statues that were removed from Easter Island.
East Molesey, England
The world's largest grapevine has produced a delicious harvest at Hampton Court Palace for almost 250 years.
London, England
Above an abandoned Underground station, this charming bookstore is home to strange antiquities and literary works.
London, England
A domino effect created with Britain’s iconic telephone boxes.
London, England
No one knows who created the statues or if they are arranged properly—let alone the artwork's real name.