A modest museum in the final home of Italian poet and father of modern Italian, Francesco Petrarca.

Known as the Royal Palace of the Euganean Hills, this often overlooked castle has been home for multiple noble families over the centuries.

A sudden, striking cluster of hills south of Padua has been attracting visitors for centuries.

In this nearly 1,000-year-old monastery, monks painstakingly restore old books.

In 1988, jazz legend Chet Baker fell to his death from a window of this hotel facing Amsterdam Centraal.

The location of the world's first telescope demonstration.

This still-celebrated home was a radical architectural experiment in 3D De Stijl.

Underground attraction offering tours of the foundational ruins of a church nave that collapsed in 1674.

A gigantic teapot sitting on top of a parking garage in the center of Utrecht.

Atop this former dutch railway office sits an interstellar work of art.

A uniquely preserved neo-Gothic church that is now home to a collection of art and woodcarvings.

The cutest way to stay safe in traffic.

Established in 1638 to battle the Black Death, this botanical garden is a treasure trove of rare flora.

During World War II, the Shroud of Turin was secreted to this remote southern Italian complex.

This building has a giant piercing through one of its corners.

Now an entertainment complex, the Lingotto building was once an avant-garde auto factory with a test track on the roof.

Before there were doorbells this bronze ear was installed for visitors to announce their arrival.

A brutalist gem towering over the heart of Milan.

Third time's a charm, or in this case, two testicles are.

This giant middle finger statue sends an unambiguous message to Italy's bankers.

A gorgeous example of 13th-century Gothic architecture.

Not far from the more famous House of Juliet, visitors will find the supposed residence of her lover.

These elaborate gothic monuments honor Verona's medieval lords.

A whale rib was used to advertise the store by the arch that offered exotic goods from far away.