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This giant middle finger statue sends an unambiguous message to Italy's bankers.

An ossuary built in 1210 to collect bones from the Ospedale Maggiore of Milan.

Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.

Architectureal fantasy quarter of Rome.

The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."

This equestrian statue of Constantine the Great has been the subject of criticism for centuries.

Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.

Hidden beneath the famous St. Peter's Basilica is a veritable city of the dead that may hold the remains of St. Peter himself.

A lavish 16th-century mansion filled with spectacular staircases, fantastic frescoes, and gorgeous gardens.

A small flooded ghost town with a few scattered structures remaining.

A ghost town originally established and governed solely by Black Americans seeking a place of their own, free from discrimination.

This deserted Gold Rush town is home to a Masonic lodge that, strangely enough, still holds meetings.

This remote fort on the Yukon River is a vestige of the wild Alaska gold rush.

A mining town, now abandoned, was built in a canyon so narrow that the railroad ran right through the hotel lobby.

This former mining hub holds a surprising abundance of undisturbed relics from the Old West.

A lawless town deep in Death Valley was famous for its riches and death rate turned YouTube famous.

When he found his hometown was no more, Lowell Davis decided to recreate a "new" ghost town from scratch.

In the early 1900s, hundreds of Black Americans found opportunity in this now-abandoned rural community.

This ramshackle ghost town is comprised of mining-era buildings collected from around the region.

Abandoned businesses, homes, and rusted cars are all that remains of this stopover town.

A statue in a Canadian zoo remembers the WWI origins of the beloved character Winnie-the-Pooh.

A quiet and contemplative oasis in the middle of New York's bustle and riot.

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

Named the fifth most beautiful building in America in 1885, this former courthouse boasts the best view in the Village.