Rome, Italy
Secret Compartment in Leonardo da Vinci Statue
A secret hatch containing two parchments was discovered in this statue over 40 years after its installation.
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Rome, Italy
A secret hatch containing two parchments was discovered in this statue over 40 years after its installation.
Rome, Italy
Roman-era ships unearthed...
Budapest, Hungary
Electrical curiosity museum housed in an old transformer station.
Budapest, Hungary
A giant glider—designed by the father of the Rubik's Cube's designer—now soars within a shopping mall.
Budapest, Hungary
The Hungarian biochemist whose research helped develop mRNA-based vaccines for Covid-19.
Budapest, Hungary
On Gellért Hill, this statue depicts the tragic tale of lovers divided by the Danube.
Budapest, Hungary
A statue in Budapest's Liberty Square honors the former U.S. president's efforts to end the Cold War.
Budapest, Hungary
The world’s first statue of the late Apple co-founder.
Venice, Italy
A new sculpture calls attention to climate change in the centuries-old city it threatens.
Venice, Italy
This sturdy, circular stronghold served as one of the forts that protected the Venetian Lagoon.
Venice, Italy
An island on the Venetian Lagoon hosts this stone chair that has nothing to do with the King of the Huns.
Venice, Italy
The small peaceful island off the Venice tourist circuit is where the city began more than 1,500 years ago.
Venice, Italy
The marble facade hides a little-known medical museum with early surgical instruments and rare copies of canonical texts.
Venice, Italy
Thousand-year-old Viking runes adorn an ancient Greek lion at the entrance to the Venetian Arsenal.
Venice, Italy
Venice's "Island of the Mad."
Venice, Italy
As can be expected from a centuries-old church built in a canal city, the undercroft of this house of worship is beautifully flooded.
Venice, Italy
A sinister pyramid in the Frari contains the heart of the famous neoclassical sculptor.
Venice, Italy
The plague quarantine island home to the alleged "Vampire of Venice."
Venice, Italy
Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.
Tirana, Albania
A museum dedicated to secret surveillance.
Portbou, Spain
Haunting monument to the German Jewish philosopher who died while fleeing fascism.
Venice, Italy
This palatial spiral staircase was so unusual the name "snail" was given to the noble family who built it.
Helfaut, France
This bunker in northern France was built by Nazi German forces with the intention of launching up to 50 V2 rockets at London each day.
Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Germany
A top-secret bunker now turned museum, is an eerie look at what life would have looked like in the event of nuclear war.