Locals spent years successfully fighting to save this beloved Brutalist behemoth from demolition.

A copy of the famous statue can be found in this Florence piazza, along with one of the most breathtaking views of the city below.

This picturesque horseshoe weir was first built in the 1600s to prevent flooding in the town of Bath.

An eerie, existential museum dedicated to the author of "The Metamorphosis."

A surreal statue honoring Prague's favorite literary son.

The slender brass strip in Prague's Old Town Square was used to tell time from 1652 to 1918.

A series of abstract, silly sculptures represent the works of a great modern classical composer.

A curious little museum dedicated to the furry feline in the cat haven that is Old Town Kotor.

This charming English house was once the home of England's most famous poet.

The ancient mosaics here are considered among the finest in the world, and serve as a stunning record of Greco-Roman daily life.

The oldest operating pharmacy in the world features 800-year-old recipes.

In Florence's great Duomo, a 26 foot fresco honors a mercenary famous for attacking Florence.

This strange bovine gargoyle is said to have been put in as a passive aggressive form of revenge.

Renaissance hospital featuring a rotating door into which unwanted babies were dropped.

The famous sculptor left his mark on this Italian wall in an internationally protected example of street art.

Secret refuge and museum of the Duke of Florence.

Over 50 exquisite hand-painted Renaissance maps decorate a Medici storage room.

The middle finger of modernity.

A giant wooden soda bottle pays homage to a distinctly British drink on the very spot where it was invented.

Twice a day this ancient path disappears with the tides, leaving the Holy Island of Lindisfarne out to sea.

A medieval replica of King Arthur's legendary table, the Round Table hanging in Winchester Castle was decorated by Henry VIII.

Huge winged monument in the United Kingdom.

Semi-precious Blue John stones have been mined in this cavern system for centuries.

A fantastic castle rumored to be the birthplace of King Arthur.