Brussels, Belgium
Cannonball in St. Nicholas Church
This cannonball has been lodged in the church wall since a 1695 bombardment destroyed the city center.
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Brussels, Belgium
This cannonball has been lodged in the church wall since a 1695 bombardment destroyed the city center.
Brussels, Belgium
The Devil’s own choice when he needs a drink in Brussels.
Edinburgh, Scotland
This historic pub has maintained much of its 1906 decor, including a small sequestered room for women, where orders were slipped through a tiny window.
Woodstock, New York
A peaceful international sculpture garden in upstate New York.
Mount Tremper, New York
The world's largest kaleidoscope, designed by a 1960s psychedelic artist.
Hunter, New York
This stave church nestled in the Catskills was built in the 1960s by a community of Ukrainian immigrants and refugees.
Roxbury, New York
The Catskills retreat of naturalist writer John Burroughs.
Rome, Italy
A rare example of a medieval house in Rome adorned with a melancholic inscription.
Rome, Italy
This small church was constructed over the ruins of three temples dating to the Roman Republic.
Rome, Italy
A square-domed symbol of resilience in the heart of the old Jewish Ghetto.
Albany, New York
A CT scan revealed the identity of this 3,000-year-old mummy that everyone erroneously thought was female.
Orschwiller, France
The castle was reconstructed to fit Kaiser Wilhelm II's romanticized vision of the Middle Ages.
Colmar, France
This unusual piece of Renaissance art depicting the bodily horror of crucifixion and skin disease may have been inspired by fungus-induced hallucinations.
Colmar, France
A charming little museum founded by the designer of the Statue of Liberty.
Maidstone, England
This 2,700-year-old woman is the jewel of the Maidstone Museum's Egyptian collection.
West Malling, England
A Neolithic burial site built 1,000 years before Stonehenge.
Fondi, Italy
This museum located in Fondi is also said to be the most haunted building in town.
Borås, Sweden
Sweden’s first haunted museum showcases cursed dolls, mirrors, and relics said to carry lingering spirits.
Pluckley, England
A woodland close to England's "most haunted village" has been the site of many unexplained events and deaths.
Luddesdown, England
A haunted medieval church, a ceremonial stone circle, and a burial ground are all that's left of this community lost to the Black Death.
Norwich, England
A 16th-century footpath said to be haunted by a young girl that died trapped within its misshapen old house.
Ragunda, Sweden
Said to be one of Sweden's most haunted places, this vicarage once even attracted a ghost-busting priest.
Chillingham, England
This 13th century castle is chock full of ghosts and impossibly rare cows.
Dunino, Scotland
A site of pagan worship which still attracts people looking for fairies.