Prague, Czechia
Prague Astronomical Clock
Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.
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Prague, Czechia
Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.
Kutna Hora, Czechia
A church of bones, decorated with 40,000 human skeletons.
Rome, Italy
A wunderkammer of curious objects and intriguing art nestled within a hub of ancient Roman sites.
Rome, Italy
One of the most important yet well-hidden museums dedicated to the history of medicine.
Rome, Italy
This historic recreationist school churns out warriors that may very well have had a fighting chance in Rome's pits of the day.
Rome, Italy
The spot where the fascist dictator made some of his most famous speeches including declaring war on Britain and France.
Rome, Italy
The studio built by fascists in the hopes of "reviving the film industry" with the occasional propaganda film opportunity thrown in.
Rome, Italy
The Pope’s secret escape route.
Rome, Italy
The martyr's wax-enhanced skeletal remains lie preserved in a glass case in the Santa Maria della Vittoria in Rome.
Rome, Italy
This former Roman Catholic Church still contains the embalmed hearts and organs of 22 popes.
Selçuk, Turkey
This beautiful train graveyard is one of the largest collections of steam locomotives in the Mediterranean and Europe.
Gaziantep, Turkey
This hidden gem is bathed in beautiful natural light.
Istanbul, Turkey
This shuttered power plant is now Turkey's first industrial archaeology museum.
Istanbul, Turkey
The legendary luxury train passage is commemorated with a charming museum inside its former eastern terminus.
Istanbul, Turkey
A small etching on the white marble parapet was written in runic script by a Viking mercenary.
Istanbul, Turkey
Step back in time and witness the fall of Constantinople.
Safranbolu, Turkey
Ottoman-era houses lovingly preserved.
Istanbul, Turkey
Five sultans and their families rest in eternal splendor, teeming with overlooked beauty and drama.
Çanakkale, Turkey
This famous city eluded concrete detection until the early 2000's.
Denizli Merkez, Turkey
A deadly ancient portal to the underworld.
Todmorden, England
Helped by a surprise posthumous donation this small town toy museum features over 5,000 vintage playthings.
Bournemouth, England
A genuine Little Shop of Horrors.
London, England
A comic book store that puts the marvel back in marvellous.
London, England
Since 1874, this macabre collection has developed into a museum devoted to Scotland Yard's mementos of dastardly deeds.