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Siena, Italy

Museo Anatomico at University of Siena

Contains some of the world's more disturbing wax anatomical models.
Added by mbison
San Gimignano, Italy

The Museum of Medieval Torture

Medieval torture techniques with a modern conscience.
Added by NathanRisinger
Florence, Italy

University of Florence Museum of Pathological Anatomy

This museum is rotten with a century of wax medical deformities.
pieofthemonth Added by pieofthemonth
Florence, Italy

Gipsoteca Bartolini

A slightly creepy gallery of plaster cast models in the same museum as Michelangelo's David.
Meg Added by Meg
Florence, Italy

Buontalenti Grotta

A large grotto built in the 16th century amidst Florence's famous Boboli gardens.
Annalisa Added by Annalisa
Florence, Italy

Michelangelo's Hidden Drawings

The doodles of a genius line the walls of a secret room under the Medici Chapel, where they were hidden for nearly 500 years.
AaronNetsky Added by AaronNetsky
Clevedon, England

Clevedon Pier

Constructed from recycled wrought iron railroad tracks, it's been described as the most beautiful seaside pier in England.
Dr Alan P Newman Added by Dr Alan P Newman
Whitby, England

Whitby Whale Bone Arch

These 20-foot jaw bones honor a time when the leviathan bones were a sign that whalers survived the hunt.
Meg Added by Meg
Highland, Scotland

Oil Rig Graveyard

Where the sleeping monsters of Scotland's oil industry are left to rust.
Dylan Added by Dylan
Austin, Texas

Congress Bridge Bats

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.
Dylan Added by Dylan
Cambria, California

Nitt Witt Ridge

A house built from trash known as the poor man's Hearst Castle.
Added by mbison
Cambria, California

Victoria's Last Resort

Cambria's most unique B&B features creative surroundings and fantastic food.
Added by Facebook1427160788
Point Arena, California

Bowling Ball Beach

The mysterious round rocks of Schooner Gulch.
Annetta Black Added by Annetta Black
Box, England

Box Tunnel Entrance

The designer of this railway tunnel added a birthday present for himself.
Cara Giaimo Added by Cara Giaimo
Bath and North East Somerset, England

Stanton Drew Stone Circles

One of the largest megalithic complexes in England, which local legend holds is a wedding party turned to stone by the Devil.
Added by gianfrancotrucchi
London, England

Growing Underground

The world's first underground farm is in a World War II bomb shelter beneath the streets of London.
Venice, Italy

San Servolo Insane Asylum Museum

Venice's "Island of the Mad."
Annetta Black Added by Annetta Black
Venice, Italy

The Flooded Crypt of San Zaccaria

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

Prison in Fort Saint Angelo

This almost-forgotten underground dungeon housed several convicts over the years, including Caravaggio.
TheMacabreNBold Added by TheMacabreNBold
Paola, Malta

Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum

This subterranean necropolis holds three floors of antler-dug grave caves.
Added by Milo Vella
Iż-Żejtun, Malta

Secret Passage in St. Gregory's

A hidden tunnel of bones in one of Malta's oldest churches.
TheMacabreNBold Added by TheMacabreNBold
Gansbaai, South Africa

Shark Cage Diving in Gansbaai

An odd little fishing town that is inundated by tourists looking to be locked up in a cage and surrounded by great white sharks, because why not?
Added by quixoticsemiotic
Puthukkudiyiruppu, Sri Lanka

Sea Tigers Submarine Yard

Remains of military submarines built in secret jungle factories by the Tamil guerrillas' naval wing.
Max Cortesi Added by Max Cortesi
Colombo, Sri Lanka

Gangaramaya Vihara Temple

Why is there a vintage Rolls Royce in this Buddhist temple?
Dr Alan P Newman Added by Dr Alan P Newman