Dunk your churros in rich hot chocolate on the city’s old “Chocolate Street.”

It’s Christmas every day at Barcelona’s oldest restaurant.

Botero's plump bronze horse presiding over Barcelona's airport terminal

Replica of Seville, Spains famous Giralda, a former minaret converted into a bell tower.

The remains of this 2nd-century Roman temple are incorporated into a modern building.

An ancient Egyptian obelisk is now used to commemorate fallen Italian soldiers.

Ancient ruins hidden underneath a modern luxury hotel.

The ruins of the largest gladiatorial school in Rome are largely hidden under modern streets.

According to tradition this is the oldest church in Venice, but its actual age is a mystery.

Thousand-year-old Viking runes adorn an ancient Greek lion at the entrance to the Venetian Arsenal.

In the past, Renaissance sex workers were encouraged to entice customers on this bridge.

A bridge to rival those in nearby Venice but without the crowds.

Venice's island of the dead.

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

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

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

This palatial spiral staircase was so unusual the name "snail" was given to the noble family who built it.

This Renaissance square was at the center of Leonardo da Vinci's map, the first ichnographic ever.

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

This building features dozens of faces along its facade, although one is a bit chilling.

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

Legend has it this fountain built to symbolize the Pope’s power hides a strange secret concerning Neptune's manliness.

A striking memorial recalls thousands of Bolognese men and women killed fighting fascists in World War II.

Stroll through retro Paris while shopping for old postcards and discarded doll heads.