Rome, Italy
Campo de Fiori
This ritzy Italian market is built around a statue of an unforgiven heretic who was burned for his belief in an endless universe.
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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
This subterranean shrine beneath a bike rental store celebrates the iconic Italian scooter.
Rome, Italy
The engineering wonder and pleasure dome of a much-maligned emperor still holds undiscovered secrets.
Rome, Italy
The underground sanctuary of a mysterious ancient cult.
Rome, Italy
A huge enchanting public park just outside the ancient walls of Rome.
Sant Adrià de Besòs, Spain
The unexpectedly beloved remnants of a controversial thermal power plant.
Padua, Italy
One of the world's oldest working clocks is curiously missing the Zodiac sign of Libra.
Lusiana, Italy
Artist Diego Morlin's war between the natural and human worlds is a wanderer's delight.
Padua, Italy
The oldest botanical garden in the world that technically isn't the oldest.
Padua, Italy
The tomb of the mythological founder of Padua is not hidden in some obscure crypt, but stands right in the middle of the city square.
Padua, Italy
Built to repay the sins of the father, this church is home to one of the most valuable works of Western art.
Padua, Italy
In medieval times this small stone seat was used as a bizarre way to punish insolvent debtors.
Padua, Italy
This old medieval prison tower has been a site of astronomical research for more than 250 years.
London, England
An unusual round church in London with a Templar past.
London, England
A subterranean ice warehouse that has lain hidden beneath central London for over a century is now open to the public.
London, England
An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.
London, England
Banksy gives themself artistic license with this piece of London street art.
London, England
Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.
London, England
This churchyard arbor is surrounded by hundreds of gravestones placed there by author Thomas Hardy.
London, England
This shop and gallery is a modern-day cabinet of curiosities, unassumingly positioned along an urban thoroughfare.
London, England
A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.
London, England
One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.
London, England
This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.
London, England
The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.