Oswiecim, Poland
Auschwitz Concentration Camp
The former Nazi Germany concentration camp stands as a museum to remember this dark chapter in European history.
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Oswiecim, Poland
The former Nazi Germany concentration camp stands as a museum to remember this dark chapter in European history.
Kudowa-Zdrój, Poland
The walls and ceiling of this Polish church are decorated with thousands of skulls, with another 21,000 skeletons just below.
Badrshein, Egypt
This ancient structure is widely thought to be the oldest intact pyramid in the world.
Zurich, Switzerland
Featuring a meatless buffet fit for kings, this family-owned Zurich eatery is considered the oldest vegetarian restaurant in the West.
Belfast, Northern Ireland
These engineering masterpieces are a dominant feature of the Belfast skyline.
Belfast, Northern Ireland
The ship built to ferry passengers and goods to the doomed Titanic is now the last remaining White Star Line vessel.
Munich, Germany
This century-old cinema house has a marquee that has been hand painted by a single man for over 25 years.
Munich, Germany
Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.
Munich, Germany
The patron saint of spinsters grasps a container of dried blood.
Dublin, Ireland
This is the largest cemetery in Ireland and the first cemetery museum in the world.
Dublin, Ireland
This pub built its reputation pouring post-shift pints for employees of the cemetery with which it shares a wall.
Dublin, Ireland
One of Ireland's most infamous prisons for rebels including men, women and children.
Dublin, Ireland
An Irish church where an 800-year-old mummy is reaching out of his coffin as if to shake hands.
La Fortuna, Costa Rica
The same water that fills a luxury resort’s pools feeds these free hot springs in the rainforest.
Cahuita, Costa Rica
Sloth rehabilitation center in the jungle of Costa Rica.
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Seek out ‘The Devil’s Court’ in this concert venue located in a former monastery run by an order of Teutonic knights.
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Strange rumors surround the artist who created these solemn metal guard dogs.
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Inspired by the Rialto Bridge in Venice, these three clustered bridges were just one part of a Slovenian architect’s grand vision.
Ljubljana, Slovenia
A whimsical bridge adorned with decorative dragons.
Faro, Portugal
This small chapel is built of human bones and decorated with a golden skeleton.
Paris, France
The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.
Milan, Italy
A Milanese café entirely designed by the American director Wes Anderson.
Milan, Italy
An ossuary built in 1210 to collect bones from the Ospedale Maggiore of Milan.
San Martino della Battaglia, Italy
The skulls and bones of thousands of soldiers line the walls of this small Italian chapel.