An ossuary built in 1210 to collect bones from the Ospedale Maggiore of Milan.

A museum entirely dedicated to Bergamo’s tradition of puppetry.

A Milanese café entirely designed by the American director Wes Anderson.

A space dedicated to contemporary art and culture, co-chaired by fashion icon Miuccia Prada.

This Italian foot path winds through the mountains via 52 individual tunnels.

One of the highest mountain passes in Europe has been ranked among the best driving roads in the world.

The Sighignola summit on the Swiss border offers views so breathtaking it's been named one of the most beautiful places in Italy.

Japan's first automaton went missing, only to be revived by the Osaka Science Museum.

We heard you like volcanoes so we put a volcano in your volcano so you can die for sure...

Shrine to Japanese water-goblins, complete with their preserved body parts.

A mysterious ancient elephant said to possess magic powers is now the symbol of a Sicilian city.

The world's most active stratovolcano is almost always erupting.

"Respectful to the dead, safe and sanitary to the living, dedicated to the Genius of Memory..."

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the Harry Potter films.

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

A sinister pyramid in the Frari contains the heart of the famous neoclassical sculptor.

Crushed coral and crystals give the sand its signature coloration.

Unusual hexagonal rocks formed by cooling lava named for their resemblance to traditional Japanese tatami mats.

17th century streets hidden under Edinburgh were once a breeding ground for the black death.

Displaced highlanders would take shelter from the wet Scottish climate under the large walled bridge at Glasgow Central Station.

The community pools that the community refused to give up on.

At high tide this strange footbridge appears to have no purpose whatsoever.

This tiny little cave was said to have been a refuge for a saint with a glowing arm.

A site of pagan worship which still attracts people looking for fairies.