Every hour the doors open to reenact the legend of the heroic mayor who saved his town by drinking a gallon of wine.

One of the world's oldest working clocks is curiously missing the Zodiac sign of Libra.

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

A gorgeous example of 13th-century Gothic architecture.

These elaborate gothic monuments honor Verona's medieval lords.

A whale rib was used to advertise the store by the arch that offered exotic goods from far away.

This medieval castle was reconstructed by Carlo Scarpa.

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

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.

See what remains of a once grand ancient Roman circus.

Pyramid shaped monument with a tall tale attached.

Opened in 1932, this theater in Stockport's Mersey Square is a bonafide Art-Deco gem.

Once used to protect important Roman trade routes.

An obscure walkway dedicated to a scientist who helped pave the way for the world to sit up and take notice of Manchester.

This bronze statue honors one of the leaders of the suffragette movement in the United Kingdom.

This statue of an everyday cleaning tool sits proud upon a plinth in Manchester's coolest quarter.

Over 70 independent businesses have set up shop in this former Victorian department store.

This bronze sculpture represents the helpless, hapless, and the damned who have passed through Piccadilly station since it opened in 1842

Stonehenge has nothing on Castlerigg’s views.

These shopping center benches are actually a modern art installation.

One fisherman has used his love of pebbles and shore to create a crazy garden of rocky art.

Half-drowned wooden stumps and stone blocks are all that remain of a Victorian landing that was destroyed by storms.

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