Oxford, England
Oxford Museum of Natural History
Home to the most complete dodo remains known - one head, and one foot.
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Oxford, England
Home to the most complete dodo remains known - one head, and one foot.
Oxford, England
Used as an example in one of the first dictionary entries for "museum" in 1706.
Oxford, England
One of Europe's oldest libraries.
Oxford, England
This 11th century tower is said to be the oldest building in Oxford.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The attic of a four-century-old canal house hides a clandestine church.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
This city square is home to Amsterdam's oldest church and a statue honoring Dutch sex workers.
Bruges, Belgium
Christ's blood allegedly preserved in a Belgian town.
Schwangau, Germany
The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”
Munich, Germany
Housed in an old church, this hunting museum holds a collection of mythical bird-rabbit creatures.
Munich, Germany
The footprint of a frustrated devil in Munich's Cathedral.
Qrendi, Malta
This Stone Age solar temple aligns with the sun on each equinox and solstice.
Rabat, Malta
Burial grounds for more than 1,000 bodies deep under the modern town of Rabat.
Pompeii, Italy
Erotic art covers the walls of the largest ancient pleasure palace.
Pompeii, Italy
Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.
Rome, Italy
The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.
Rome, Italy
A Nesting Doll of Churches.
Rome, Italy
The skull of the patron saint of lovers lies in the Basilica di Santa Maria in Cosmedin—maybe.
Rome, Italy
This ancient Roman prison is decorated with an upside-down cross not as blasphemy but as saintly tribute.
Rome, Italy
The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."
Rome, Italy
Installed in an act of one-upsmanship, the annual sundial in this church is also a symbolic victory for the Gregorian calendar.
Vers-Pont-du-Gard, France
This ancient Roman bridge and aqueduct still stands as a wonder of classical construction.
Canterbury, England
One of England's most famous churches hides a pair of little known architectural treasures.
Amesbury, England
Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world
Ripon, England
One of the oldest and certainly best preserved Cistercian abbeys still in existence.