The giant statue and its model solar system honor the native Pole who declared that the Earth revolves around the Sun.

This deceiving white sand beach gets its brilliant hue from the chemical discharge of a nearby factory.

This 2,000-year-old Doric bridge is still open to pedestrian traffic to this day.

A cone-shaped top and cylindrical body set this 900-year-old structure apart from other Italian bell towers.

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

A mysterious ancient elephant said to possess magic powers is now the symbol of a Sicilian city.

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

This bustling Italian plaza is built on the ruins of an ancient Roman amphitheater.

The naturally mummified body of a peasant girl saint.

The walls and streets of the ancient city are peppered with penises.

The small peaceful island off the Venice tourist circuit is where the city began more than 1,500 years ago.

People have been living in the cave houses on this Italian hillside since the Neolithic era.

Southern Italy's spinning top village.

Erotic art covers the walls of the largest ancient pleasure palace.

Venice's island of the dead.

Pilgrimage site for star-crossed lovers.

This ritzy Italian market is built around a statue of an unforgiven heretic who was burned for his belief in an endless universe.

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.

The first modernist church in Europe.

Giant WWII fortresses that fired 8,000 rounds a minute, now home to thousands of pigeons.

Open-air museum with a large collection of Soviet-era statues.

A curious art park at the geographic center of Europe is home to 3,000 television sets and other wonders.

An old hill fort covered in over 100,000 crosses is a symbol of Lithuanian nationalism and beliefs.