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Traversing steep Alpine slopes, this engineering marvel is one of the longest and highest funiculars in the world.

World's largest permanent maze made of 18,000 conifers.

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

A small window on Via Piella offers a lovely and rare peek at Bologna's lost canals.

A (slightly) grownup take on the classic retro arcade.

The flock of plastic poultry is an ode to the classic comedy staple.

This popular bar has been blurring the line between normal and edgy for more than 75 years.

This winding road through an Italian canyon may be the most scenic drive in the world.

The sinister ruins of one of the worst dam failures of the 20th century lie in this astonishing alpine setting.

Explore the quarry where the marble was sourced for Michaelangelo's David.

A once-thriving hotel in the Swiss Alps couldn't compete with climate change.

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.

A space dedicated to contemporary art and culture, co-chaired by fashion icon Miuccia Prada.

A Milanese café entirely designed by the American director Wes Anderson.

This 18th-century dissection theater's frescoes display a gorgeous tension between the terrestrial and esoteric.

Love, knishes, and best wishes from this legendary Lower East Side bakery.

One of New York's best collections of pinball is hidden in a secret bar in the back of this laundromat.

Abandoned power station once home to a squatter community, now being developed into an arts center.

This triumphal 16th-century arched gateway leads to the oldest street in Palermo.

Haunting graffiti left by prisoners of the Spanish Inquisition.

This Arabesque Italian castle was built with a primitive, if ingenious, air-conditioning system.

Behind medieval walls in a corner of bustling Palermo is a breathtaking former mosque once inhabited by a wolf-taming hermit.

Every inch of this chapel is covered in craftsmanship from across the world.

This mosaic-lined medieval church was built by the world's first admiral and still holds mass in ancient Greek.