This lurid German fountain plots the sad course of marriage from dating to death.

This historic toy museum brings a little whimsy to a city not usually remembered for such things.

This abandoned coliseum was intended to be a grand Nazi rallying ground before it was halted at the end of the war.

A small island with shimmering pink sands, home to loggerhead turtles and rare plants.

A minotaur, a labyrinth, and a dubious restoration pull in visitors from around the world.

This little Greek plateau is home to thousands of rustic, white-sailed windmills.

The final resting place of the "father of special effects."

Stripes of human ashes cover a back lawn in the most sought-after burial grounds in Paris.

The tomb of history's greatest potato promoter is surrounded by tubers.

When a massive landslide hit one of the world's tallest dams it created a tragic environmental disaster.

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

The secret medieval communication system will whisk your words above the noise of the crowd.

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.

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

A sinister pyramid in the Frari contains the heart of the famous neoclassical sculptor.

The world's largest bamboo labyrinth is a living demonstration of the plant’s immense potential.

Built to repay the sins of the father, this church is home to one of the most valuable works of Western art.

One of the largest squares in Europe contains an entire artificial island.

The city of Parma's cathedral is home to one of the greatest illusionistic frescoes of the Renaissance.

A modest museum in the final home of Italian poet and father of modern Italian, Francesco Petrarca.

Since the 1960s, this small village has invited painters to decorate its walls.

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

A large statue of Pope Gregory XIII in Bologna was disguised as Saint Petronius to avoid destruction.

This elaborately decorated, fairytale-like Romanian royal palace is one of the most striking castles in Europe.