Medieval torture techniques with a modern conscience.

A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.

This eccentrically decorated palace is replete with grottoes, fountains, tunnels, and caves.

Elaborately carved to showcase the glorious wealth that the age of exploration brought to the Portuguese empire.

An apparition of Virgin Mary in Herzegovina.

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.

The mountaintop inspiration for Umberto Eco's "The Name of the Rose."

A stunning bridge that appears as if it's lunging to the shore, and has a legend of a devilish architect.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

An encyclopedic collection of mammal penises.

A fake medieval village in the middle of Turin.