Florence, Italy
Museo Opificio delle Pietre Dure
Overlooked amid the tourist bustle of Florence, this museum is dedicated to the craft of stone inlay.
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Florence, Italy
Overlooked amid the tourist bustle of Florence, this museum is dedicated to the craft of stone inlay.
Florence, Italy
More than 450 years ago, an Italian nun became the first woman to paint the iconic subject.
Whitby, England
The view that inspired the scenes of Dracula's first landing in England.
York, England
One of the shortest streets in York has an especially odd name.
York, England
Follow the original medieval paths that wind through this intriguing section of the city.
Ravenscar, England
At the height of alum production at this factory, human urine was a valued commodity.
Saltergate, England
Legend says that Wade the Giant scooped up a handful of earth to throw at his wife, leaving behind this round valley.
Malton, England
A deserted medieval village where bodies were once mutilated to prevent them rising from the dead.
Milan, Italy
A Milanese café entirely designed by the American director Wes Anderson.
Milan, Italy
Artistic tombs, monuments, and a beautiful "Hall of Fame" lurk inside this cemetery.
Milan, Italy
Third time's a charm, or in this case, two testicles are.
Milan, Italy
An ossuary built in 1210 to collect bones from the Ospedale Maggiore of Milan.
Milan, Italy
This grisly effigy displays an early Christian martyr who was skinned alive and beheaded.
Milan, Italy
Milan's duomo is covered in beautiful carving including a curious "dinosaur-like" beast.
Milan, Italy
A brutalist gem towering over the heart of Milan.
Milan, Italy
The secret medieval communication system will whisk your words above the noise of the crowd.
Italy
This Italian foot path winds through the mountains via 52 individual tunnels.
York, England
The preserved left hand of a saint once known as "the Pearl of York."
Filey, England
A 12-foot-tall metal fisherman looks out over the promenade.
Robin Hood's Bay, England
This plaque commemorates an amazing 19th-century sea rescue.
Robin Hood's Bay, England
This coin collecting cod is over 130 years old, and the United Kingdom's smallest listed structure.
West Tanfield, England
This collection of ancient structures makes up part of the largest group of prehistoric earthworks in Britain.
Bishopthorpe, England
Cycle the solar system—from the sun to Pluto—right here on earth.
Coleford, England
On this wooded path, a stained-glass window creates a spellbinding forest cathedral.