Rome, Italy
Parish Church of Santa Maria del Popolo
A treasure trove of Renaissance-era funerary art in a Roman church built on top of Nero's grave.
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Rome, Italy
A treasure trove of Renaissance-era funerary art in a Roman church built on top of Nero's grave.
Rome, Italy
One of Catholicism's four major basilicas has a series of papal portraits that are said to predict the end of the world.
Rome, Italy
Brass cobblestones mark the places where individual Holocaust victims were taken from their homes.
Florence, Italy
The mummified relic of St. Antoninus.
Rome, Italy
A secret hatch containing two parchments was discovered in this statue over 40 years after its installation.
Bramhall, England
This iconic building , which is very evocative of the county of Cheshire, is a genuine gem of Tudor, black and white, timber-framed architecture .
Arixa Ams, Namibia
An ancient Namibian rock pictograph of a white lady is actually a man.
Brussels, Belgium
One of the oldest bank museums in Europe showcases unusual currencies of the world and other money-related miscellanea.
Seoul, South Korea
A small section in the Bank of Korea Museum dedicated to the many varieties of the Joseon dynasty’s iconic coinage.
Dallas, Texas
One of the last Art Deco gas station still standing in Dallas.
Dallas, Texas
A 28-exhibit museum about the history, culture, and oddities of money. Visitors stand in a cash shower, try to crack a vault, and discover what it's like to barter when no money is allowed.
Alice Town, Bahamas
A mile-long, three-tiered cave hidden under a Bahamian island, complete with cathedral-like formations, bat colonies, and graffiti going back to the 1870s.
Rome, Italy
This large, circular tomb is the final resting place of the first emperor of Rome.
San Francisco, California
Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.
Athens, Greece
An ancient site that has revealed incredible artifacts including portions of the Themistoclean Wall.
Washington, D.C.
An easily overlooked memorial to a Ukrainian famine-genocide that killed over 4 million people.
Washington, D.C.
The revival of a classic Art Deco theater.
Dolores, Colorado
A breathtaking array of ancient Pueblo structures and artifacts counterintuitively preserved by neglect.
Raleigh, Newfoundland and Labrador
A remote landmark named for a whimsical photograph taken by a 1850s photographer and his crew of graffiti artists.
Berlin, Germany
An East German time capsule caters to nostalgic Germans and curious tourists.
Otterburn, England
The memorial to this brutal battle between the English and the Scots has a surprisingly humble origin.
Pahrump, Nevada
Collapsed charcoal kilns in the Spring Mountains of southern Nevada.
Prague, Czechia
Synagogue built from the stones of Solomon's temple contains the golem of Prague.
Prague, Czechia
Around 100,000 bodies are buried below the medieval headstones, many of which mark graves with multiple bodies stacked up to 12 deep.