San Fruttuoso, Italy
Cristo degli Abissi (Christ of the Abyss)
A sunken idol welcomes parishioners to Davy Jones' Locker.
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San Fruttuoso, Italy
A sunken idol welcomes parishioners to Davy Jones' Locker.
Rome, Italy
This Roman arch marks the location of an ancient gate at one of the Seven Hills of Rome.
Calcata Vecchia, Italy
Medieval town turned hippie commune, once home to the secret foreskin of Jesus Christ.
La Maddalena, Italy
Crushed coral and crystals give the sand its signature coloration.
Rome, Italy
This former Roman Catholic Church still contains the embalmed hearts and organs of 22 popes.
Rome, Italy
This beautiful park on the outskirts of Rome protects the ruins of two colossal ancient aqueducts.
Ferrara di Monte Baldo, Italy
This centuries-old Italian chapel hangs midway down a sheer cliffside.
Pompeii, Italy
The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.
Province of Matera, Italy
An Italian hillside ghost town.
Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Flowers have mysteriously appeared on her effigy every day for the last 150 years.
Siegen, Germany
One of the only spherical 19th century gas containers left today.
Flensburg, Germany
Located in the middle of public park, this cave built in the early 19th century houses an ancient stone sarcophagus.
Waldenburg, Germany
A wonderfully versatile natural history curio cabinet preserved since the 1840s.
Zossen, Germany
A statue of Vladimir Illyich Lenin guards this abandoned building in the "Forbidden City."
Tübingen, Germany
The Tübingen University anatomical collection hosts an example of an extremely rare medical phenomenon.
Mettlach, Germany
Now overgrown, these anti-tank barriers from World War II are sometimes called "dragon's teeth."
Berlin, Germany
An old tram depot transformed into a vintage car paradise.
Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany
These abandoned Cold War-era bunkers are now a designated refuge for endangered bat species.
Essen, Germany
Tucked away in a small German apartment is an eclectic museum devoted to West African vodun culture.
Altenburg, Germany
This natural history museum houses one of the world's largest rat kings, a terrifying jumble of tangled rodents.
Freiberg, Germany
A Saxony castle houses one of the largest and most outstanding mineral collections in the world.
Rott am Inn, Germany
These jeweled relics have a scandalous and contested past.
Peenemünde, Germany
The NASA scientists behind Apollo 11 started out developing Nazi weapons at this abandoned German rocket factory.
Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
A series of haunting wooden totems are hidden in the woods surrounding a German environmental center.