This sculpture of a rhinoceros suspended above a city square is meant to evoke the weight of the human condition.

A local student's chance encounter with Keith Haring led to the creation of one of Europe's largest murals.

Medieval torture techniques with a modern conscience.

These medieval skyscrapers dominate the skyline of this small Tuscan town.

The oldest civic library in Italy can trace its foundation back to 1619.

The largest Canadian war cemetery in Italy commemorates those who died in one of the bloodiest battles of the Italian campaign during World War II.

A church filled with the bones of hundreds of virgins martyrs—or so they say.

Life-sized bronze statues of fictional puppet characters.

This 19th-century fountain features sculptures of little gnomes that help with chores.

A mammoth WWII anti-air defense tower has been repurposed as a hotel with a rooftop garden.

Remnants of an exploded schooner and wrecked submarines form a breakwater.

This contentious squat has stood through fire, violence, and government intervention as a hotbed of leftist protest.

Hamburgers are intensely proud of their tunnel beneath the river.

Carved scenes of sex work and unglamorous labour beneath a cultural hero.

This red light district plaza memorializes the Fab Four and their historic connection to the area.

Hamburg's first legal sex work is relegated to a gated street that still does not allow pedestrian women.

Once the tallest building in the world, this abandoned church is now a monument to the destruction of WWII.

A stunning gilt bronze relief denounced by Hitler as "degenerate art"—even though it was dedicated to the Nazi leader.

The site of the famous Nazi book burning campaign of 1933 remembers its "Night of Shame".

On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.

A surreal museum of extraordinary industrial objects.

An abandoned underground bathroom is now a space for public art.

A massive line that stretches across the floor of Bologna’s largest church was created by a 17th-century scientist to measure the movements of the Sun.

A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.