This giant middle finger statue sends an unambiguous message to Italy's bankers.

Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

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

Artistic tombs, monuments, and a beautiful "Hall of Fame" lurk inside this cemetery.

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

This ancient market is often referred to as the oldest shopping mall in the world.

One man’s collection of photography books has transformed into a charming exhibition space.

This small shrine is dedicated to the designer of the first Russian fighter jet and his brother, who became Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet.

Despite producing just a handful of movies, a brave and lyrical filmmaker has an entire museum dedicated to him.

This little medieval church hidden in the center of Yerevan was lost and rediscovered—twice.

The world's longest nonstop reversible cable car soars through spectacular scenery to the medieval Tatev Monastery.

This ancient monastery complex was transformed from an island to a peninsula when the lake was partially drained.

A geological oddity topped with a 2,000-year-old pagan temple.

A cluster of historic bathhouses built on the famed hot springs that gave the Georgian capital its name.

This architecturally eclectic fortress witnessed centuries of bloody turmoil, including the massacre of its ruling clan.

You'll find just about anything in this funky Tbilisi flea market.

A gleaming white and undulating tower marks the border between Georgia and Turkey.

The old observatory in Copenhagen has a spiral corridor used as a racetrack.

A huge wooden clock that is so beautiful its creator was forcibly blinded.

The Renaissance-era courthouse is a relic from the fortified town's centuries of Venetian rule.

These pools have been abandoned for over 20 years.

A shrine of fire worship built on top of a natural flame.

An enormous and lavish Gothic church in Czechia.