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Architectural monsters are devouring this palace's every door and window.

The martyr's wax-enhanced skeletal remains lie preserved in a glass case in the Santa Maria della Vittoria in Rome.

Installed in an act of one-upsmanship, the annual sundial in this church is also a symbolic victory for the Gregorian calendar.

Ancient ruins hidden underneath a modern luxury hotel.

Inside this McDonald's you can dine on your Big Mac and fries next to a 2,500-year-old Roman wall.

Its interior is adorned with some of the best examples of early Christian mosaics.

This Roman arch marks the location of an ancient gate at one of the Seven Hills of Rome.

An alchemist's “magic door” stands in the middle of a Roman park.

This ancient market is often referred to as the oldest shopping mall in the world.

This subterranean shrine beneath a bike rental store celebrates the iconic Italian scooter.

The largest ice cave in the world is thought to be the entrance to hell according to Austrian legend.

English-speaking soldiers discovered Europe's best one-liner at the end of World War II, before the town’s name changed.

Soaring over 6,000 feet in the Bavarian Alps, this beer garden was once Hitler's 50th birthday present.

Trick water gardens from 1619 featuring a 200 piece mechanical theater powered by water.

At this exhibit on the world of poison, venomous animals steal the show.

The medieval network of canals hidden underneath the city is opened to explorers each year.

Epicurean and holy traditions converge in what may be the oldest restaurant in Europe.

The beautiful, ornate weather station is the most popular geocache in Salzburg.

The amazing wonder cabinets of a very rich Austrian archbishop.

This strange statue features a bust of the famous composer plopped atop a woman's body.

These 12th-century catacombs carved into a mountainside were a place of mysticism and Christian hermitages.

A small marionette collection located within the dark cellars of an 11th-century Austrian castle.

Terrifically morbid cemetary and site of famous Paracelsus' grave.

This 19th century cyclorama acts like an analogue time machine to a different era.