Venice, Italy
St. Mark's Clock Tower (Torre dell'Orologio)
Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.
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Venice, Italy
Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.
Venice, Italy
An extensive collection of reliquaries containing the bones of saints housed in the largest Catholic church in Venice.
Venice, Italy
This Roman statue is missing a limb from when the Venetians stole it from Constantinople during the Crusades.
Venice, Italy
Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.
Venice, Italy
Venice's "Island of the Mad."
Venice, Italy
A new sculpture calls attention to climate change in the centuries-old city it threatens.
Minquiers, Jersey
The southernmost toilet in the British Isles.
Jersey
A passage grave used in neolithic rituals.
Stratford-upon-Avon, England
One of the largest sculpture collections in the U.K. features history's greats, from Bob Dylan to Galileo, in bronze.
Welford-on-Avon, England
One of the tallest maypoles remaining in England in one of its smaller villages.
Fairford, England
A rampant horde of demons smirk and snarl at visitors to this church, home to a rare complete set of medieval-era stained glass windows.
Moreton-in-Marsh, England
The centuries-old obelisk may have inspired J. R. R. Tolkien.
Ghent, Belgium
This fairytale castle was built as a show of power but was nearly torn down thanks to its history of torture.
Ghent, Belgium
A Museum of Psychiatry in a still-operating mental institution.
Burgh-Haamstede, Netherlands
Its town washed away centuries ago, this lonely tower by the sea tells the tale of a mermaid and a curse.
Vlissingen, Netherlands
A set of 27 bamboo tubes creates an eerie soundscape that changes with the wind.
Middelburg, Netherlands
A 1:20 scale piece of the Netherlands commissioned by a queen lets visitors take a stroll as giants.
London, England
These Victorian era devil sculptures were designed to spite a local vicar.
London, England
This pump on the bad side of Victorian London betrayed a horrifying revelation about the water supply.
London, England
Mary Kelly was last seen here before she was murdered by Jack the Ripper.
Paris, France
The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
This impressive collection of rare books on ancient mysticism inspired author Dan Brown.
Los Angeles, California
The site of a classic series of Laurel and Hardy pratfalls.
London, England
London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.