Over 100 towers were built in Bologna during the Middle Ages, but only 22 survive.

A small window on Via Piella offers a lovely and rare peek at Bologna's lost canals.

Former military fort and site of untold horrors during WWII, this island may become the Adriatic's next luxury resort.

Italian poet Dante Alighieri is entombed in this small mausoleum in Ravenna, and his hometown of Florence has never been too happy about it.

A wonderfully strange collection of 500+ stuffed frogs doing people things.

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

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

These historic defenses ensured the city within would survive hundreds of years of occupations, sieges, and invasions.

A forest park outside Tallinn full of architectural and artistic curiosities.

Estonia's largest creative city is a vibrant bohemian hub located within a former industrial complex.

The iconic boulevard is the perfect place to catch sight of a bicycling skeleton, a levitating Satan, or a chef with his head stuck in a pizza.

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

The oldest continuously operating pharmacy in Europe.

An empty relic of the Moscow Olympics crumbles away in Estonia's capital.

The largest collection of handbags in the world, the oldest of which were used to carry Bibles, primarily by men.

Nine bronze hands protruding from a wall honor the student uprising that led to the fall of Czechoslovakia's Communist government.

Synagogue built from the stones of Solomon's temple contains the golem of Prague.

A mocking tribute to the past and modern leadership of Prague.

This spooky statue sits outside a famous Prague theater.

The tunnel's elegant proportions keep you snug with no claustrophobia freak-out.

Around 100,000 bodies are buried below the medieval headstones, many of which mark graves with multiple bodies stacked up to 12 deep.

Countless grotesque faces stare out from this eerie Prague art wall.

A bust of Franz Kafka spins in pieces, reflecting the writer's inner torment.

This automated sculpture of two men peeing will spell out text messages with their micturition.