The sculpture is made of more than 100,000 knives collected to raise awareness about violence.

As can be expected from a centuries old church built in a canal city, the undercroft of this house of worship is beautifully flooded.

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

A new sculpture calls attention to climate change in the centuries-old city it threatens.

Built to repay the sins of the father, this church is home to one of the most valuable works of Western art.

The world's oldest surviving anatomical theater, where "the dead are pleased to help the living."

The incorrupt tongue of the patron saint of lost things is venerated in this basilica.

A complex, nine-layer maze on the grounds of a Venetian doge's playground.

This Italian church is as beautiful as it is common, except for the real skulls decorating the many mannequins inside.

A small window on Via Piella offers a lovely and rare peek at Bologna's lost canals.

A diverse collection of wax, bone, papier-maché and mummified relics.

In the world's oldest university is a stunning 17th century anatomical theater carved from spruce.

The mummified relic of St. Catherine sits forever on a golden throne.

An amazing collection of wax anatomical models and terratological models.

An extraordinary collection of 18th century anatomical waxworks.

The Icelandic Sea Monster Museum explores the area's history of aquatic cryptid sightings.

This fantastical waterfall is hidden in a cave located in a cracked cliff.

This volcanic cave lake is essentially hard proof that Iceland is the most magical place on Earth.

One of the tallest buildings in Iceland, and perhaps, the most visually impressive.

Rising from the sea like a stone monster.

The unique waterfall in Iceland's south features a backdrop of geometric black lava columns.

Staves, storm-calling, and of course, necropants.

An exquisite tunnel of cascading flowers.

An isolated village literally built into the crevices and rock formations of a mountain.