Hidden in an Italian forest is a completely homemade amusement park that has taken a lifetime to create.

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

As can be expected from a centuries-old church built in a canal city, the undercroft of this house of worship is beautifully flooded.

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

100 year tradition of fist fights, marked by marble footsteps.

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

Built to repay the sins of the father, this church is home to one of the most valuable works of Western art.

The incorrupt tongue of the patron saint of lost things is venerated in this basilica.

In the world's oldest university is a stunning 17th century anatomical theater carved from spruce.

The mummified relic of St. Catherine sits forever on a golden throne.

Italy's curious field of mud volcanoes is named for being both gross AND salty.

The wreckage of a tragic plane crash is on display at this museum devoted to a famous Italian conspiracy.

A rambling museum which honors the beauty in everyday objects.

The entire known universe of the ancient Etruscans is held inside this bronze model of a sheep’s liver.

The mark of the Devil's horns on a marble column in Milan.

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

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

The Guardian of Tallinn.

Guests become prisoners on a visit to Latvian prison.

Tucked away in a small German apartment is an eclectic museum devoted to West African vodun culture.

Launch site for nuclear war against Western Europe.

A top secret Cold War bunker hidden beneath a Latvian spa facility is now open for tours.

Sculpture garden of religious statues made it through Soviet rule.

Just another terrifying garden filled with hundreds of endlessly smiling doll people.