Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.

2300-year-old Roman road connecting the empire.

Elaborately carved to showcase the glorious wealth that the age of exploration brought to the Portuguese empire.

A king's pet, a pope's gift, an artist's inspiration, and a tragic shipwreck.

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.

Legacy of the earthquake that nearly wiped Lisbon off the face of the Earth.

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

This eccentrically decorated palace is replete with grottoes, fountains, tunnels, and caves.

An ancient passage filled with stalls selling used books, once frequented by Vincent Van Gogh.

One of the most beautiful bookstores in the world hides a neo-Gothic interior behind an art nouveau facade.

The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”

A Jenga-style cylindrical tower of books that appears to go on forever.

Two stunning 17th-century libraries and a cabinet of curiosities.

Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.

A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.

One of Antoni Gaudí’s earliest buildings, built between 1886 and 1890 for the industrialist Eusebi Güell.

Step inside the first house designed by Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí, considered to be one of the first Art Nouveau buildings.

Gaudí's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.

One of Antoni Gaudí's most classic buildings is well-known for its "dragon-back" design.

Construction of Barcelona’s iconic (but controversial) church was finally completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.

This building once stood at the center of a butter war.

Visitors can still take a train to this former train station turned museum.

At the base of this tower, a plaque marks the original center point of the Netherlands.