Mont Saint-Michel, France
Mont Saint-Michel
This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.
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Mont Saint-Michel, France
This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.
Rouen, France
Located in the house where Gustave Flaubert was born, this odd museum has more to do with medical grotesquery than the Western novel.
Jumièges, France
Sacked by Vikings, blessed by William the Conqueror, dealt a fatal blow during the French Revolution—these ruins have seen it all.
Hanover, Germany
Striking occult iconography on a medieval German church.
Kilkenny, Ireland
This ancient Irish religious site is covered in ancient carvings, many of which have barely aged.
Rosscarbery, Ireland
One of the most popular megalithic sites in Ireland stands as a humbler version of Stonehenge.
Reykjavik, Iceland
An encyclopedic collection of mammal penises.
Cologne, Germany
A church filled with the bones of hundreds of virgins martyrs—or so they say.
Eggenburg, Austria
Artfully arranged bones of 5,800 Austrians.
Salzburg, Austria
Terrifically morbid cemetary and site of famous Paracelsus' grave.
Gemeinde Sankt Florian, Austria
The personal charnel house of Anton Bruckner.
Hallstatt, Austria
An Austrian house of bones filled with hundreds of intricately painted skulls.
Leuk, Switzerland
For centuries no one knew there were hundreds of bones and precious artwork hidden beneath this Swiss church.
Gommern, Germany
The resting place of 18th century German mummies.
Lützen, Germany
A monument to the "father of modern warfare" Gustav II Adolf.
Paris, France
A Parisian cemetery where the elite and artistic are interred beneath an eccentric collection of tombs.
Paris, France
A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.
Paris, France
The macabre collection of Jacques Sirgent, an expert scholar on the undead and all of their trappings.
Bucharest, Romania
The bust of Romania’s most notorious ruler, Vlad Dracula aka "Vlad the Impaler," keeps watch over the ruins of his medieval court.
Hunedoara, Romania
This fairy-tale castle would make Dracula (who is said to have been imprisoned there) jealous.
Madrid, Spain
Commonly acknowledged as the only public monument to the Devil himself.
Palermo, Italy
Thousands of well-dressed mummies below a monastery.
Palermo, Italy
Every inch of this chapel is covered in craftsmanship from across the world.
Cefalù, Italy
Where Aleister Crowley taught magick in "La Chambre Des Cauchemars," his "Chamber of Nightmares."