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Dug as a secret royal escape route, the tunnel became a wartime bomb shelter and dumping ground for vintage cars.

These "anatomical machines" are only one of the many strange items in this Italian crypt.

The Neapolitan Cult of the Dead still cares for the skulls at this mini-Fontanelle.

An unusual "skull with ears" sits in the crypt of this small church tucked away at the end of a narrow alley.

A labyrinth of ancient tunnels hidden below the city holds the ruins of 2,500 years of history.

One of the largest wooden constructions in Europe was meant to be a casino, but soon became an orphanage.

An abandoned pasta factory in the centre of Bucharest, once home to Bulgarian revolutionaries and a hub of crime.

A chemical factory damaged by two earthquakes and an explosion that became abandoned after bankruptcy.

Legend says this mysterious stone head belongs to a woman who was petrified by an alchemist.

The graveyard is filled with beautiful funerary art and boasts breathtaking views of Florence.

Despite their macabre past, these hooks are said to bring good luck to those who touch them.

A small island less than half a mile from Venice is a forbidden island with a dark and twisted past.

Originally a leper colony, the island is now an Armenian monastery that's home to an incredible manuscript library and eclectic museum.

In the past, Renaissance sex workers were encouraged to entice customers on this bridge.

This abandoned island off the Venetian coast has been a radical monastery, a political prison, and a secret Nazi base.

100 year tradition of fist fights, marked by marble footsteps.

Venice's island of the dead.

Hanging within this medieval church are the bones of a beast allegedly slain by a fourth-century saint.

The plague quarantine island home to the alleged "Vampire of Venice."

Venice's "Island of the Mad."

As can be expected from a centuries-old church built in a canal city, the undercroft of this house of worship is beautifully flooded.

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

This elaborately decorated, fairytale-like Romanian royal palace is one of the most striking castles in Europe.

No one knows who built this strange cave of worship or exactly why.