Toscolano Maderno, Italy
Valle delle Cartiere (Paper Mill Valley)
Discover the ruins of medieval paper mills, a scenic gorge, and a museum celebrating centuries of paper production.
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Toscolano Maderno, Italy
Discover the ruins of medieval paper mills, a scenic gorge, and a museum celebrating centuries of paper production.
Bologna, Italy
A memorial to the deadliest terror attack during an unsettled period of Italy’s recent history.
Cislano, Italy
A unique form of erosion created an uncanny landscape of boulders perched atop slender columns of clay.
Rovereto, Italy
One of the world's largest swinging bells is a symbol made from the melted aftermath of war.
Italy
This Italian foot path winds through the mountains via 52 individual tunnels.
Bagolino, Italy
This abandoned IDGZ station was one of 49 troposcatter stations in the NATO ACE High network.
Collio, Italy
This decaying complex from the early 1900s was once the site of massive iron and fluorite mines.
Limbiate, Italy
A dilapidated psychiatric facility on the outskirts of Milan where electroconvulsive therapy was developed and Napoleon once lived.
Venice, Italy
This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.
Vicenza, Italy
Turtles swim in a pond surrounding a classical temple in this lush park in Vicenza.
Edinburgh, Scotland
A multi-storied painting that depicts the area's rich and diverse maritime history.
Rimini, Italy
Famous landmarks and structures from across Italy fill this miniature park.
Edinburgh, Scotland
One of the oldest scientific gardens in Britain, containing more than 13,302 plant species in its core collection.
Grangemouth, Scotland
The heads of two giant mythological water horses honor Scotland's horselord past.
Inverkeithing, Scotland
A remarkable feat of Victorian engineering across the Firth of Forth.
Barcelona, Spain
Construction of Barcelona’s iconic (but controversial) church was finally completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.
Rome, Italy
One of Catholicism's four major basilicas has a series of papal portraits that are said to predict the end of the world.
Vatican City
Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.
Vatican City
If you want to talk to the Pope you will have to stare down this surreal vision of Jesus rising from a nuclear hell.
Vatican City
Historic fortifications form the boundary of Vatican City, but it’s not entirely surrounded by walls.
Bologna, Italy
Over 100 towers were built in Bologna during the Middle Ages, but only 22 survive.
Ferrara di Monte Baldo, Italy
This centuries-old Italian chapel hangs midway down a sheer cliffside.
Rome, Italy
The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.
Venice, Italy
This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.