Milan, Italy
Torre Velasca (Velasca Tower)
A brutalist gem towering over the heart of Milan.
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Milan, Italy
A brutalist gem towering over the heart of Milan.
Milan, Italy
Artistic tombs, monuments, and a beautiful "Hall of Fame" lurk inside this cemetery.
Milan, Italy
An exclusive waiting room built for the royal family in the 1920s is hidden in Milan’s central station.
Milan, Italy
A space dedicated to contemporary art and culture, co-chaired by fashion icon Miuccia Prada.
Milan, Italy
Long-abandoned art nouveau baths beneath Milan's Piazza Oberdan.
Milan, Italy
This curious building hides eclectic details like medieval gargoyles alongside naked angels and Art Nouveau mosaics.
Milan, Italy
Before there were doorbells this bronze ear was installed for visitors to announce their arrival.
Milan, Italy
A Milanese café entirely designed by the American director Wes Anderson.
Milan, Italy
An ossuary built in 1210 to collect bones from the Ospedale Maggiore of Milan.
Sirmione, Italy
On the shores of Lake Garda, the ruins of a Roman villa that allegedly belonged to the poet Catullus.
Gardone Riviera, Italy
A military museum, art park, mausoleum, and architectural oddity all on one fascist's estate.
Stra, Italy
A complex, nine-layer maze on the grounds of a Venetian doge's playground.
Verona, Italy
One of the oldest libraries in the world is still operating and contains the oldest existing document in the Italian language.
Clusone, Italy
A medieval fresco which reminds visitors that death will come for us all.
Cislano, Italy
A unique form of erosion created an uncanny landscape of boulders perched atop slender columns of clay.
Brescia, Italy
Legend says the only thing buried within this magnificent tomb was a dog.
Capriate San Gervasio, Italy
A massive mausoleum towers over the gravestones in a 19th-century Italian "model village."
Kampen, Netherlands
This stately council chamber hasn't changed since 1545.
Dwingeloo, Netherlands
This giant radio telescope would be a rusting ruin if it hadn't become such a beloved relic.
Assen, Netherlands
Remarkably preserved body discovered in a peat bog.
Leeuwarden, Netherlands
This unique bridge physically lifts a piece of the road into the air to let boats pass by.
Lelystad, Netherlands
Building Men of War and Indiamen from Holland's Golden Age.
Oud-Zuilen, Netherlands
This functional solar system model was inspired by the famous Eisinga Planetarium.
Lelystad, Netherlands
This giant wire frame man sculpture is crouched in contemplation.