This former estate of a fascist leader is now a burnt out ruin leading to a system of secret tunnels.

This unique sculpture proved invaluable when it saved a train from careening off the tracks.

According to this bar, God gave an “11th commandment” to Antwerp: Thou shalt drink beer.

The ruins of an abbey believed to have been founded by Charlemagne in the 9th century.

One of the most important yet well-hidden museums dedicated to the history of medicine.

A huge enchanting public park just outside the ancient walls of Rome.

The mystic whose incorrupt corpse still attracts the faithful.

This ancient Roman prison is decorated with an upside-down cross not as blasphemy but as saintly tribute.

A hospital where antique dolls are given new life.

This ritzy Italian market is built around a statue of an unforgiven heretic who was burned for his belief in an endless universe.

A collection of objects supposedly singed by the hands of souls in purgatory.

A fairy tale castle in modern Rome.

The only "Egyptian" pyramid in Europe and the legendary tomb of Remus.

At the crypt of St. Mary of Eulogies and the Dead you are left alone to ponder mortality among piles of skulls.

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

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

Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.

The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."

This historic cemetery was inaccessible for several years due to dozens of land mines.

This cluster of little wooden huts once ground local farmers’ wheat into flour during the days of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

These warring psychedelic crags commemorate an unsuccessful military operation.

Bridge that died in war and was resurected.

Yugoslavia's biggest underground airport lies in ruins.

The haunting ruins of a military fortress turned astronomical observatory sit on a Sarajevo mountaintop.