A dismembered holy head stares out from her beautiful reliquary at the St. Dominic Basilica.

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

This network of roads is one of the most unique Etruscan creations ever discovered.

Nestled in the hills of Tuscany are gorgeous, multicolored hot springs.

Sitting on an Italian hilltop is this surreal fortress built by the mad inventor of electrohomeopathy.

Stalactites and stalagmites in a beautifully lit cave.

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

Balanced rock sculptures pay tribute to a murdered conservationist and his pioneer wife.

One Costa Rican island is so beset by illegal shark poachers that the local rangers have built an entire bridge with their confiscated gear .

This statue of a Hindu cosmic dancer at CERN is a metaphor for modern physics.

An unusual vending machine designed to support mourners during funeral ceremonies at Zurich's largest cemetery.

A symbol of friendship between the mountainous regions of Switzerland and Bhutan.

This small museum displays a collection of outsider art and scale models of past "treatments" for mental illness.

A Swiss board game museum housed inside a picture-perfect castle.

This simple apartment may have inspired some of the most important theories in the history of science.

World's largest permanent maze made of 18,000 conifers.

This historic covered bridge contains a series of macabre paintings that communicate one thing: everyone dies.

An "anarchical" no man's land, complete with garbage sculptures and a hobo-run "Landfillian Library."

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

A cemetery full of touching tombstones from a community of railroad workers, uranium miners, and Cold War missile launchers.

This geothermal hot spring hides beneath a slowly growing mineral dome.

Dig for your own trilobites in this goldmine of invertebrates.

This former lieutenant governor's home is brimming with curiosities.

There's nothing creepier than a cemetery next to a clown motel.