Siena, Italy
St. Catherine of Siena's Severed Head
A dismembered holy head stares out from her beautiful reliquary at the St. Dominic Basilica.
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Siena, Italy
A dismembered holy head stares out from her beautiful reliquary at the St. Dominic Basilica.
Florence, Italy
This strange bovine gargoyle is said to have been put in as a passive aggressive form of revenge.
Florence, Italy
Legend says this mysterious stone head belongs to a woman who was petrified by an alchemist.
Florence, Italy
The mummified relic of St. Antoninus.
Florence, Italy
Secret refuge and museum of the Duke of Florence.
Florence, Italy
Drink wine handed out through a window as part of an age-old tradition.
Florence, Italy
This bronze boar's snout has been rubbed to a golden sheen by visitors seeking good fortune.
Florence, Italy
The middle finger of modernity.
London, England
Winding paths and ramshackle mausoleums in the oldest "park cemetery" in London.
London, England
This shop and gallery is a modern-day cabinet of curiosities, unassumingly positioned along an urban thoroughfare.
London, England
A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.
Balcombe, England
This WWII aircraft museum presents its wrecks like taxidermy, complete with recreations of the crash sites.
Paris, France
Down a cobblestone alleyway is a museum dedicated to Romanticism, with a secret garden.
Paris, France
A museum of magic with a Sadist past.
Paris, France
Medieval museum built over Roman baths that features famous tapestries of a lady and a unicorn.
Paris, France
Twelve grave-faced marble angels guard the emperor's tomb at Les Invalides.
Saint-Ouen, France
Skeletons, medical artifacts, and other obscure and precious treasures all displayed in a wooden pharmacist's cabinet.
Paris, France
This museum in a Paris apartment gives a unique look at the iconic French singer's life.
Paris, France
Where the high court feasted, frolicked, and high courtesans put their royal lovers' diamonds to the test.
Paris, France
A popular shrine where the Blessed Virgin allegedly appeared in 1830, displaying a holy armchair and two incorruptible remains of Lady Saints.
Paris, France
The recovered bones of martyrs slaughtered during The Terror are on display in this church crypt.
Paris, France
This frog-themed restaurant was frequented by Picasso, Saint-Exupéry, and more.
Paris, France
This little-known relic crypt holds stolen parts of a Roman Empress.
Paris, France
Saintly bones pressed into a wax effigy of a Catholic superstar.