This bronze boar's snout has been rubbed to a golden sheen by visitors seeking good fortune.

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

The middle finger of modernity.

This modern, multimedia museum takes visitors on an evolutionary journey back in time.

Island wonderland for communist autocrats.

One of the best-preserved Roman amphitheaters is still used today, but for less brutal events.

This former estate of a fascist leader is now a burnt out ruin leading to a system of secret tunnels.

When a supermarket opened up shop within a medieval building it became protected by UNESCO on a technicality.

Where the lovelorn find a home for their sentimental keepsakes.

A chain of 16 wondrous lakes formed as a result of the gradual dissolution of soluble layers of bedrock.

This Danish park has celebrated the American independence day since 1912.

An Elvis superfan built Denmark's own version of Graceland.

Art Nouveau painter Alphonse Mucha spent 18 years creating these monumental paintings of Slavic history and mythology.

Straight out of a nightmare, barcode-faced babies climb up and down Prague's television tower.

Bohemian paradise covered in majestic forests.

Looming communist pillar with a Czech twist.

Europe's largest natural bridge has a 19th century royal chateau built into its side.

Sky ships, planes, and portraits left as unique tokens of hope and thankfulness.

This modern museum of Mediterranean culture is surrounded by a surreal concrete honeycomb.

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

The only museum with its curator—and her pets—buried inside.

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

Venice's island of the dead.

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