One of the most well-preserved castles in Italy also contains a rare medieval example of a port fortification.

Where Venice's gondolas go for a tune-up.

Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.

Thousand-year-old Viking runes adorn an ancient Greek lion at the entrance to the Venetian Arsenal.

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

A star-shaped fortress town fort built in the geometric model of the Renaissance utopian city.

100 year tradition of fist fights, marked by marble footsteps.

Bell tower juts out from a village buried under a lake.

Venice's island of the dead.

Walk through a fairytale in Tuscany.

This palatial spiral staircase was so unusual the name "snail" was given to the noble family who built it.

A fairytale island floats in the middle of Italy's little-known Lake Orta.

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

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

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

This celebration of Latvia’s freedom and independence avoided demolition over half a century of Soviet occupation.

Open-air museum with a large collection of Soviet-era statues.

An old hill fort covered in over 100,000 crosses is a symbol of Lithuanian nationalism and beliefs.

Once the local rulers had gone these enchanting ruins housed common folk in an almost real life fairy tale.

This noble mash-up in eastern Luxembourg is part Medieval, part Renaissance, all castle.

A tiny church on a man-made island in the Adriatic.

This former medieval prison now unlocks Estonia’s rich photographic history.

The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.

Be(w)ar(e) the moat around this historic Czech castle.