This statue dedicated to the story of a Flemish boy and his dog was relatively obscure in Belgium, but a cult sensation in Japan.

A man throwing a giant severed hand towers over Antwerp’s main square.

The patron of this extravagant Art Nouveau confection insisted that nothing less than a boat should project from its facade.

This deconsecrated church has seen many uses, from a tobacco storehouse to a cinema.

According to tradition this is the oldest church in Venice, but its actual age is a mystery.

Originally a leper colony, the island is now an Armenian monastery that's home to an incredible manuscript library and eclectic museum.

Where Venice's gondolas go for a tune-up.

The marble facade hides a little-known medical museum with early surgical instruments and rare copies of canonical texts.

Thousand-year-old Viking runes adorn an ancient Greek lion at the entrance to the Venetian Arsenal.

Those who own or stay at this 500-year-old, allegedly cursed house often meet terrible fates.

100 year tradition of fist fights, marked by marble footsteps.

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

This palatial spiral staircase was so unusual the name "snail" was given to the noble family who built it.

18th century anatomical amphitheater of the Royal College of Surgery of Barcelona.

This cemetery features modernist statues as strange as its name.

This Funeral Hearse Museum represents the finest in cadaver transportation.

A Victorian park cemetery, standing on the site of what was once the Great North Wood.

A vast overgrown cemetery, once known as one of London's "Magnificent Seven."

A historic London cemetery now serves as a nature park incorporating gravestones & memorial statues.

Ancient catacombs form the foundation for this Rococo orgy of a church.

Natural stone arches form a walkable "cathedral" at low tide, then disappear entirely when the water returns.

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.

Christ's blood allegedly preserved in a Belgian town.