Moux, France
Tomb of Henry Bataille
The haunting cadaver tomb of a famous French poet, playwright, and filmmaker.
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Moux, France
The haunting cadaver tomb of a famous French poet, playwright, and filmmaker.
Minerve, France
A well-preserved medieval village nested on a rocky outcrop and surrounded by a network of cliffs, natural bridges and canyons.
Les Baux-de-Provence, France
Walk through living pictures and music in the Cathedral of Images.
Le Puy, France
A chapel on a volcanic core, marking the end of a successful journey.
Balestrino, Italy
Abandoned medieval hill town.
Triora, Italy
The location of the last witch trials of Italy, known as "The Salem of Europe."
Brallo di Pregola, Italy
An abandoned village, frozen in time by the threat of a landslide.
Consonno, Italy
This half-finished "city of toys" was almost Italy's own Las Vegas.
Limbiate, Italy
A dilapidated psychiatric facility on the outskirts of Milan where electroconvulsive therapy was developed and Napoleon once lived.
Solferino, Italy
The bones of some 7,000 soldiers killed in the historic Battle of Solferino are stored here.
Hřensko, Czechia
Europe's largest natural bridge has a 19th century royal chateau built into its side.
Adršpach, Czechia
Enormous sandstone towers loom within a Czech forest.
Fleury-devant-Douaumont, France
This modern French ossuary contains the jumbled bones of 130,000 WWI soldiers.
Eggenburg, Austria
Artfully arranged bones of 5,800 Austrians.
Prague, Czechia
This walkway is so narrow it needs its own light to stop pedestrian traffic jams.
Prague, Czechia
The hidden lair of an alchemist rediscovered in a 2002 flood.
Prague, Czechia
Countless grotesque faces stare out from this eerie Prague art wall.
Prague, Czechia
This doorless 20th-century elevator doesn't stop or slow down.
Prague, Czechia
The first museum in the world devoted to sexual gadgetry.
Melnik, Czechia
Underneath this small church are 15,000 bones, arranged by an obsessive academic.
Karlovy Vary, Czechia
Before serving as James Bond's Casino Royale, this Victorian-era spa catered to the world's elite.
Znojmo, Czechia
This network of conjoined cellars was riddled with traps and supposedly allowed the townspeople to pretend their homes were deserted.
Kudowa-Zdrój, Poland
The walls and ceiling of this Polish church are decorated with thousands of skulls, with another 21,000 skeletons just below.
Vilémovice, Czechia
The deepest sinkhole in Central Europe comes with a grisly tale and an unusual nickname: “The Stepmother Abyss.”