Naples, Italy
Fontana del Gigante
This monumental fountain has moved around the city multiple times.
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Naples, Italy
This monumental fountain has moved around the city multiple times.
Naples, Italy
A rococo room covered entirely in porcelain originally constructed for another royal residence.
Naples, Italy
The relics of dozens of martyrs are stored in a single chapel.
Naples, Italy
This whimsical fountain depicts a winged siren shooting water out of her nipples into the fires of Mount Vesuvius.
Naples, Italy
The sacristy of this church contains remains and relics of members of the Aragonese royal family.
Naples, Italy
A labyrinth of ancient tunnels hidden below the city holds the ruins of 2,500 years of history.
Naples, Italy
These "anatomical machines" are only one of the many strange items in this Italian crypt.
Naples, Italy
Dug as a secret royal escape route, the tunnel became a wartime bomb shelter and dumping ground for vintage cars.
Naples, Italy
This magical-looking island is notorious for the misfortunes suffered by its owners.
Naples, Italy
In a city that boasts four separate inclined cable railways, this is one of the busiest funicular lines in the world.
Naples, Italy
A popular legend claims that the famous pizza was invented at a restaurant in this alley.
Naples, Italy
An eerie, little-known Neapolitan museum filled with preserved human remains.
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
The remains of the left arm of the levitating philosopher-saint are kept in a 13th-century Neapolitan basilica.
Naples, Italy
This Neapolitan exhibition hall grants weird and wonderful insight into the intricacies of human biology.
Naples, Italy
This shining multicolored metro station deep under Naples is said to be the most beautiful in Europe.
Portugal
This gaping hole in the middle of a remote mountain lake looks like a portal to another dimension.
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This small chapel is built of human bones and decorated with a golden skeleton.
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This unreal Portuguese palace looks as though it's made from a pile of different castles.
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Houses are tucked between, on, and underneath giant boulders.
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A 16th century chapel decorated with bones, skulls, and entire bodies hanging from the wall.
Lisbon, Portugal
The world's oldest bookshop still in operation.
Lisbon, Portugal
Ring the bell to enter a bar that looks equal parts museum and old curiosity shop.
Lisbon, Portugal
Legacy of the earthquake that nearly wiped Lisbon off the face of the Earth.