An exclusive waiting room built for the royal family in the 1920s is hidden in Milan’s central station.

Two very green residential towers cleaning the air in one of Europe's most polluted cities.

Artistic tombs, monuments, and a beautiful "Hall of Fame" lurk inside this cemetery.

Milan's duomo is covered in beautiful carving including a curious "dinosaur-like" beast.

This grisly effigy displays an early Christian martyr who was skinned alive and beheaded.

A brutalist gem towering over the heart of Milan.

This giant middle finger statue sends an unambiguous message to Italy's bankers.

The mark of the Devil's horns on a marble column in Milan.

The bomb-ravaged remains of of a colossal Neptune.

This amazing medieval fortress stands atop a promontory along the famous Cinque Terre.

This tiny chapel withstood a massive mudslide and flash flood.

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.

A lover's walk between hilltop towns, decorated with graffiti love notes.

The only visible reminders of an elaborate engineering project that kept the tower from reaching the tipping point.

A local student's chance encounter with Keith Haring led to the creation of one of Europe's largest murals.

This 16th-century close preserves an unusual piece of Edinburgh's transportation history.

This otherwise ordinary close on the Royal Mile constituted the end of the world for Edinburgh’s poorest residents.

Now home to a drinking establishment, this building has a macabre history.

This 16th-century house tells the city's history through old artifacts and quirky tales.

This alley off Edinburgh's Royal Mile contains remnants of the city's seedier history.

Overlooking the burial ground is a tower designed to prevent thieves from snatching the recently deceased.

Remarkable medieval wall paintings decorate this 12th-century, dog-friendly church.

Harry Potter’s Hogsmeade Station is also a charming blast from the past situated in North Yorkshire.

The recreated ruins of a house designed to memorialize a World War I shelling on the town.