Madrid, Spain
Palacio de Longoria
One of the best examples of the modernist movement in Madrid.
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Madrid, Spain
One of the best examples of the modernist movement in Madrid.
Las Rozas de Madrid, Spain
This 18th-century project to build the world's tallest gravity dam was never completed.
Madrid, Spain
These abandoned country fairgrounds are filled with replicas of Spanish monuments.
Madrid, Spain
Hidden under a center for the elderly are the dungeons which were used during the Spanish Inquisition.
Madrid, Spain
Known as the Casa de las Siete Chimeneas, this haunted 16th-century manor has a dark, mysterious past.
Madrid, Spain
A window into a long-lost world, these colorful tiles advertise a long-defunct range of purgative teas, harmless smokables, and diarrhea cures.
Madrid, Spain
Five million people are laid to rest here, more than the population of Madrid itself.
Madrid, Spain
An iconic and controversial ancient Iberian funerary urn with a hauntingly penetrating gaze.
Madrid, Spain
The little church's beautifully frescoed ceiling has earned it the nickname “the Sistine Chapel of Madrid.”
Madrid, Spain
Commonly acknowledged as the only public monument to the Devil himself.
Asnières-sur-Seine, France
The Cimetière des Chiens et Autres Animaux Domestiques is one of the oldest pet cemeteries in the world.
Krems an der Donau, Austria
A three-shelf library serves as a memorial in the Jewish cemetery of Krems.
Copenhagen, Denmark
This sculptural representation of an Andersen fairy tale had to be pushed away for being too grim.
Rome, Italy
This unassuming bridge is most likely one of Michelangelo's unfinished masterworks.
Faro, Portugal
This small chapel is built of human bones and decorated with a golden skeleton.
Évora, Portugal
A 16th century chapel decorated with bones, skulls, and entire bodies hanging from the wall.
Brno, Czechia
Europe's second largest ossuary wasn't discovered until 2001.
Hythe, England
A house of bones — but nobody is quite sure to whom they belong.
Rome, Italy
The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."
Kutna Hora, Czechia
A church of bones, decorated with 40,000 human skeletons.
Vienna, Austria
The final resting place for the remains of 143 Habsburg royalty.
Naples, Italy
An underground paleo-Christian burial site composed of the remains of several cemeteries and Basilicas.
Carrbridge, Scotland
Designed to allow funerals to proceed over the River Dulnain.
Vienna, Austria
The crypt of the imposing Stephensdom holds royal intestines and thousands of skeletons.