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

The mountaintop inspiration for Umberto Eco's "The Name of the Rose."

A fake medieval village in the middle of Turin.

This fountain is dedicated to the workers who perished constructing the Fréjus Rail Tunnel.

This cathedral hides a sculpted dog that determines your fate and an unexploded shell from World War II.

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

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.

The bomb-ravaged remains of of a colossal Neptune.

This amazingly well-preserved villa just outside Pompeii boasts rare examples of ancient Roman paintings.

Pompeii's less famous neighbor is still revealing her secrets.

A narrow opening between the mountains of the Amalfi Coast creates a scenic hidden beach.

The Emperor Tiberius' palace of debauchery.

The attic of a four-century-old canal house hides a clandestine church.

Even France's favorite aquatic son Jacques Cousteau, couldn't get to the bottom of it.

This salt marsh in Southern France is as pink as the flamingos that inhabit it.

Walk through living pictures and music in the Cathedral of Images.

This ancient theater was once the home of fierce gladiatorial battles.

Sculpture of a legendary French dragon.

These "anatomical machines" are only one of the many strange items in this Italian crypt.

Lyon, France is home to two remarkably preserved Roman theaters, one dating back to 15 BCE.

An unusual round church in London with a Templar past.

The medieval castle built as headquarters for the Pope's secretive Knights Templar.

An Orthodox church built by the Royal Family for the Russian community exiled to the French Riviera.

Lyon's "Wall of the Silk Weavers" is one of the largest murals in Europe.