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

This famous writer's tombstone is a literary pilgrimage site that was publicly defiled by a rival.

A modest grave marks the final resting place of one of the world's most influential religious figures.

A plain wooden seat that once belonged to one of the most prominent figures of the Protestant Reformation.

This peaceful open space below Geneva's famous cathedral is full of art and history.

An opulent monument built for a duke who donated his entire fortune to the city of Geneva.

One of the longest wooden benches in the world snakes around Geneva's Treille Promenade.

One of the most historical literary characters continues to stroll his hometown.

The world's largest second-hand graces a clock surrounded by constantly changing flower beds. 

Browse through a century of this principality's first popular export.

The oldest surviving wooden bridge over Rhine lets travelers cross easily from Switzerland to Liechtensten.

The patron saint of spinsters grasps a container of dried blood.

A fearsome dragon clings to a corner of Munich's city hall.

This tribute to the 16th-century composer is now an unusual shrine to Michael Jackson.

The footprint of a frustrated devil in Munich's Cathedral.

Massive galleon from a box-office bomb docked in Genoa.

Inside this McDonald's you can dine on your Big Mac and fries next to a 2,500-year-old Roman wall.

This sword isn't waiting for a king to pull it out. It was placed there by a saint.

These gutted monastery ruins still stand proudly in the middle of the Italian countryside.

Small on the outside, big on the inside, this church is an astonishing act of visual deception.

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

Third time's a charm, or in this case, two testicles are.

A mysterious ancient elephant said to possess magic powers is now the symbol of a Sicilian city.

Drink wine handed out through a window as part of an age-old tradition.