Melnik, Czechia
Melník Chapel of Bones
Underneath this small church are 15,000 bones, arranged by an obsessive academic.
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Melnik, Czechia
Underneath this small church are 15,000 bones, arranged by an obsessive academic.
Genoa, Italy
A stunning cemetery famous for its extraordinarily delicate & lifelike mourning sculptures.
Golubac, Serbia
This 14th century castle withstood years of battle but is now sliding off the hills into the Danube.
Évora, Portugal
A 16th century chapel decorated with bones, skulls, and entire bodies hanging from the wall.
Monte di Cuma, Italy
Virgil's many-mouthed gateway to the underworld.
Alghero, Italy
Stalactites and stalagmites in a beautifully lit cave.
Vinnytsia, Ukraine
The spectacular Roshen Fountain show lights up the night sky all summer long, until it "hibernates" under the ice waiting for spring to come.
Salzburg, Austria
Trick water gardens from 1619 featuring a 200 piece mechanical theater powered by water.
Kassel, Germany
A sprawling Baroque park with 300-year-old hydro-pneumatic waterworks.
Spijkenisse, Netherlands
Peek through a transparent pyramid and drink in the mountain made of books.
Ballymoney, Northern Ireland
The atmospheric road was never meant to be so creepy.
Esch-sur-Sûre, Luxembourg
Once the local rulers had gone these enchanting ruins housed common folk in an almost real life fairy tale.
Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal
This crumbling Portuguese ruin overlooks the populace it once ruled.
Joneikiškės, Lithuania
A curious art park at the geographic center of Europe is home to 3,000 television sets and other wonders.
Lidice, Czechia
The soulless eyes of 82 bronze children stare on forever in remembrance of a horrifying World War II massacre.
Želízy, Czechia
Two monstrous faces loom over a village in Czechia.
Weston, England
Created hundreds of years ago, the magical follies and landscapes at this park were almost lost to time before being restored.
Macclesfield, England
One of the largest mechanical models of the solar system in the world.
London, England
A historic London cemetery now serves as a nature park incorporating gravestones & memorial statues.
Panguipulli, Chile
This Japanese-inspired labyrinth of hot springs is hidden in a Chilean forest.
Antofagasta Province, Chile
In the most arid desert on the planet, the world's leading telescope allows astronomers to see more than has ever been seen before.
Chile
A sculpture of a giant hand reaches for the stars in the middle of the Atacama desert.
Giethoorn, Netherlands
This small town in the Netherlands has no roads but instead, miles of canals and over 100 bridges.
Ruokolahti, Finland
Legend has this precariously placed rock was placed by giants. Science has another explanation.