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

Drink wine handed out through a window as part of an age-old tradition.

Formerly known as Saville Theatre, this mid-20th-century entertainment hub includes an ornate frieze.

These wire animal sculptures commemorate the exotic inhabitants that once called the Tower of London home.

An architectural oddity hides in plain sight on this iconic London bridge.

The library houses an incredible collection of some of the world's most impressive books and manuscripts.

These official units of measurement—including chains and perches—lie hidden beneath tourists' feet in a popular London hub.

Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.

London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.

After nearly 60 years, there's still a bear at Paddington Station looking for help.

Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.

Hear the quietest sound from across the dome.

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

One of the tallest bell towers in Italy plays a particular melody at just two times each day.

One of the largest squares in Europe contains an entire artificial island.

Built to repay the sins of the father, this church is home to one of the most valuable works of Western art.

The incorrupt tongue of the patron saint of lost things is venerated in this basilica.

The people of Padua pledged to construct this church if the city was spared from destruction during World War I.

Stare out over the lagoon and beyond from this 10th-century campanile on the island where the city of Venice began.

An island on the Venetian Lagoon hosts this stone chair that has nothing to do with the King of the Huns.

The small peaceful island off the Venice tourist circuit is where the city began more than 1,500 years ago.

This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.

Venice's island of the dead.

An extensive collection of reliquaries containing the bones of saints housed in the largest Catholic church in Venice.