Perlora Ciudad de Vacaciones, Spain
Perlora Ciudad de Vacaciones (Vacation City)
The closed and crumbling Francoist luxury resort for workers is still full of life—for now.
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Perlora Ciudad de Vacaciones, Spain
The closed and crumbling Francoist luxury resort for workers is still full of life—for now.
Iglesias, Italy
A former mining village that now operates as an open-air museum.
Wolfsburg, Germany
Volkswagen's dedicated museum dives into the complex history of one of the world's best known cars.
Fleury-devant-Douaumont, France
A swath of France so devastated by war it is still forbidden to go there.
Otsuchi, Japan
A disconnected rotary phone for "calling" lost loved ones offered a unique way of dealing with grief in disaster-stricken Japan.
Tirana, Albania
A museum dedicated to secret surveillance.
Prypiat, Ukraine
A huge Soviet-era robotics factory in the outskirts of Prypiat, now long-abandoned.
Saint-Pol-de-Léon, France
Each of these hand-painted wooden boxes, which date to between the 16th and 19th centuries, contains a genuine human skull.
Oppenheim, Germany
This German bone house contains the remains of some 20,000 souls.
Naples, Italy
Skulls from the plague of 1656 and World War II bombings are united by a cult dedicated to caring for the ancient dead.
Valkenburg, Netherlands
Visit the ancient, mysterious Roman catacombs ... in the Netherlands.
Melnik, Czechia
Underneath this small church are 15,000 bones, arranged by an obsessive academic.
Tallinn, Estonia
The oldest continuously operating pharmacy in Europe.
Tambov, Russia
A homemade anatomical collection of medical anomalies and accidental catastrophes.
Russia
Two islands just 4 km apart separated by an International Border and Date Line.
Nome, Alaska
This ghostly Alaska village still clings to a steep cliffside despite having been abandoned for over 50 years.
Mont Saint-Michel, France
This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.
London, England
These morbid carvings remind churchgoers of the inevitability of death.
Segovia, Spain
A curious memento mori hangs in the magnificent Cathedral of Segovia.
Lübeck, Germany
Dancing skeletal figures pay homage to a medieval mural destroyed during World War II.
San Martino della Battaglia, Italy
The skulls and bones of thousands of soldiers line the walls of this small Italian chapel.
Barcelona, Spain
A cemetery in Barcelona's Poblenou district is home to this touching funerary statue, which depicts death in the form of a winged skeleton.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Europe's first floating restaurant is home to a hilarious legend.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
This museum housed in a former brothel explores the past and present of sex work in Amsterdam.