Brescia, Italy
Rinoceronte di Piazza Vittoria
This sculpture of a rhinoceros suspended above a city square is meant to evoke the weight of the human condition.
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Brescia, Italy
This sculpture of a rhinoceros suspended above a city square is meant to evoke the weight of the human condition.
Turin, Italy
This sinister Baroque entryway could lead you to a terrible fate.
Imola, Italy
This Renaissance square was at the center of Leonardo da Vinci's map, the first ichnographic ever.
Bergamo, Italy
It's believed that the dead were once taken out of houses through these now walled-up doors.
Bergamo, Italy
At the entrance of this chapel is a fresco commemorating the dead from the plague outbreak of 1630.
Bergamo, Italy
If you ever wanted to touch a medieval mercenary’s three testicles, look no further.
Imola, Italy
The location where a famous medieval knight was murdered.
Imola, Italy
An intact, still operating pharmacy from the 18th-century filled with numerous artifacts and paintings.
Innsbruck, Austria
This splendid tomb may look fantastic, but there's nothing in it...
Ronda, Spain
Three bridges and one giant canyon make up this fantastic Spanish settlement.
Ronda, Spain
One of the most spectacular bridges in Spain spans a narrow chasm that divides the city of Ronda.
Setenil de las Bodegas, Spain
A Spanish town built into the cliffs.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
An Amsterdam street lined with antique shops each one dedicated to a different obscure collection.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Amsterdam's narrowest house facade is a monument to 17th-century tax evasion.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Amsterdam's former hotspot for public executions and dissections.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
This bird-loving brewery is situated in an old municipal bathhouse, nestled beside a 300-year-old windmill.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
In the days before house numbers, these colorful signs held clues about various buildings' purposes.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
A hidden church in a hidden courtyard tells the story of the Miracle of Amsterdam.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Europe's official "zero-level," the equator of elevation.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
One of Amsterdam's narrowest houses is located right across the canal from its widest.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The mirrored section takes the shape of Hebrew characters when viewed from above.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
A beautifully eclectic mix of architectural styles.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The former home of a mad diplomat is said to still be marked in bloody, arcane scrawls.
Bologna, Italy
A masterpiece of modern architecture that caused quite a stir in Paris, recreated in Bologna half a century later.