Nestled in the heart of Milan is a real wunderkammer of morbid curiosities.

This giant middle finger statue sends an unambiguous message to Italy's bankers.

This Irish show cave is said to have been the site of a Viking massacre that claimed 1,000 lives.

The oldest public library in Ireland.

Traveling this mountain pass reveals quaint stone buildings, stunning Irish scenery, and a bridge said to grant wishes.

These gigantic skeletons tower over visitors and provide insight into the creatures that once ruled over Ireland.

Catholics make up 84% of Ireland's population but this Dublin museum remembers the small but important Jewish community.

This ancient Irish tower could easily have stood in for Rapunzel's prison.

One of the most popular megalithic sites in Ireland stands as a humbler version of Stonehenge.

This 700-year-old structure is one of the most unique architectural and historic monuments in Gdańsk.

A huge wooden clock that is so beautiful its creator was forcibly blinded.

This psychedelic tourist trap is a leisurely descent into madness.

An immersive projection art installation uses sound, scale, and light to take visitors inside classic works of art.

A haunting collection of the vanished and disappearing natural world.

This massive library holds what was once the largest book collection in the world.

The macabre collection of Jacques Sirgent, an expert scholar on the undead and all of their trappings.

Among the cliffs of the Elora Gorge is an oft-overlooked piece of celebratory graffiti.

The world's only museum devoted to the wonders of fluorescence.

Thousand-year-old Viking runes adorn an ancient Greek lion at the entrance to the Venetian Arsenal.

Hanging within this medieval church are the bones of a beast allegedly slain by a fourth-century saint.

An alchemist's "magic door" stands in the middle of a Roman park.

Architectureal fantasy quarter of Rome.

This whimsical statue dumps water on its head to symbolize knowledge flowing into his brain. Or maybe booze.

This narrow Ghent alleyway is an officially sanctioned street art tunnel.