Florence, Italy
L’importuno di Michelangelo
The famous sculptor left his mark on this Italian wall in an internationally protected example of street art.
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Florence, Italy
The famous sculptor left his mark on this Italian wall in an internationally protected example of street art.
Volterra, Italy
This real life asylum of horrors is now an abandoned ruin that hides the unbreakable code to one patient's insanity.
Rome, Italy
This ritzy Italian market is built around a statue of an unforgiven heretic who was burned for his belief in an endless universe.
Massa Marittima, Italy
Does this strange mural depict witches battling beneath a penis tree?
Siena, Italy
A dismembered holy head stares out from her beautiful reliquary at the St. Dominic Basilica.
Chiusdino, Italy
These gutted monastery ruins still stand proudly in the middle of the Italian countryside.
Chiusdino, Italy
This sword isn't waiting for a king to pull it out. It was placed there by a saint.
Milan, Italy
This giant middle finger statue sends an unambiguous message to Italy's bankers.
Venice, Italy
Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.
Florence, Italy
Over 50 exquisite hand-painted Renaissance maps decorate a Medici storage room.
Pompeii, Italy
The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.
Saturnia, Italy
Geothermal waterfalls in Tuscany.
Ercolano, Italy
Pompeii's less famous neighbor is still revealing her secrets.
Rome, Italy
The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.
Rotterdam, Netherlands
This hotel was once home to a steamliner company and became the final rest stop for Europeans heading to the New World.
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Old ships and machinery fill a historic harbor in the city that's home to Europe's largest port.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The former headquarters of history's oldest megacorporation.
Schiphol, Netherlands
It appears as if a man is standing behind this giant airport clock, painting the hands in real time.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
This massive mural by famed pop-artist Keith Haring was hidden for almost 30 years until its 2018 rediscovery.
Rotterdam, Netherlands
These slanted cubic abodes are a creative if odd solution to a zoning pickle.
Kinderdijk, Netherlands
Birthplace of the "Cat in the Cradle" and a cluster of iconic, original windmills that let the Dutch tame the seas.
Lisse, Netherlands
Unsurprisingly, Holland is home to one of the most magnificent flower gardens in the world.
Ljubljana, Slovenia
A whimsical bridge adorned with decorative dragons.
Predjama, Slovenia
Castle and secret tunnel withstood a siege until its owner was killed by the Holy Roman Empire, while sitting on the toilet.