Florence, Italy
Il Porcellino
This bronze boar's snout has been rubbed to a golden sheen by visitors seeking good fortune.
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Florence, Italy
This bronze boar's snout has been rubbed to a golden sheen by visitors seeking good fortune.
Florence, Italy
This strange bovine gargoyle is said to have been put in as a passive aggressive form of revenge.
Riomaggiore, Italy
A lover's walk between hilltop towns, decorated with graffiti love notes.
Ercolano, Italy
Pompeii's less famous neighbor is still revealing her secrets.
Pompeii, Italy
The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.
Pompeii, Italy
Erotic art covers the walls of the largest ancient pleasure palace.
Vatican City
Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.
Rome, Italy
Rome’s legendary peephole vista is also a former Crusader stronghold.
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.
Rome, Italy
The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.
Rome, Italy
Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.
Copenhagen, Denmark
Copenhagen's celebrated theme park and gardens.
Copenhagen, Denmark
The old observatory in Copenhagen has a spiral corridor used as a racetrack.
Copenhagen, Denmark
The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.
Barcelona, Spain
This semi-secret storybook hedge maze is also the oldest garden in the city.
Madrid, Spain
Madrid's romantically ornate crystal palace has been offering shelter to plants and art for over a century.
Madrid, Spain
Commonly acknowledged as the only public monument to the Devil himself.
Madrid, Spain
An ancient Egyptian temple in the middle of Madrid, Spain.
Barcelona, Spain
This cemetery features modernist statues as strange as its name.
Barcelona, Spain
Turntable anonymously received orphans, alms, and groceries.
Barcelona, Spain
One of Antoni Gaudí's most classic buildings is well-known for its "dragon-back" design.
Barcelona, Spain
Construction of Barcelona’s iconic (but controversial) church was finally completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.
Barcelona, Spain
Mountain where Jesus was first tempted by the Devil.
Arcozelo, Portugal
Picturesque intersection of witchcraft and ancient Christianity.