Bassano del Grappa, Italy
Ponte degli Alpini
Destroyed numerous times, this centuries-old bridge has always been rebuilt with its original design.
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Bassano del Grappa, Italy
Destroyed numerous times, this centuries-old bridge has always been rebuilt with its original design.
Naples, Italy
The burial place of an obscure North African saint was turned into a macabre body preservation factory for the 17th-century Neapolitan elite.
Naples, Italy
This shining multicolored metro station deep under Naples is said to be the most beautiful in Europe.
Naples, Italy
An underground paleo-Christian burial site composed of the remains of several cemeteries and Basilicas.
Naples, Italy
These "anatomical machines" are only one of the many strange items in this Italian crypt.
Porto, Portugal
Elaborate tile work in this railway station tells the story of Portugal.
Parma, Italy
The final resting place of the famous violinist, after his corpse was denied a proper Catholic burial for decades.
Parma, Italy
The city of Parma's cathedral is home to one of the greatest illusionistic frescoes of the Renaissance.
Whitby, England
This tiny traditional smokehouse is the only one left in this historic fishing port.
Whitby, England
These planks were originally installed to hold the dead.
Whitby, England
These 20-foot jaw bones honor a time when the leviathan bones were a sign that whalers survived the hunt.
Whitby, England
The curious and tiny collection contains some very odd objects.
Whitby, England
The gloomy ruins that inspired Bram Stoker to bring Dracula to life.
Sheffield, England
This magnificent mural was created with over 30,000 colored bricks.
Sheffield, England
An enormous steel waterfall is a nod to the substance that shaped Britain's Steel City.
Sheffield, England
Cemetery established by the Victorians as a solution to the overflowing graveyards.
Sheffield, England
One of the last doorless, continuously moving elevators still in use in the U.K.
Newcastle upon Tyne, England
This century-old grotesque has a mysterious history and may not actually be a rabbit.
Hull, England
What looks like missing grout is actually an old pub's peephole.
Hull, England
This mummified mermaid corpse is an aquatic curio that was eventually revealed to be a fake.
York, England
The remains of an ancient bathhouse sit inside this aptly-named pub.
York, England
This popular square's history as the former site of a church is right beneath your feet.
York, England
Semaphore saints, a golden dragon's head, and a stone carved with religious warnings all call this cathedral home.
York, England
A Reformation-era fiery figurehead once denoted this location as a print shop.