An open-air art gallery that aims to share the stories of the people who live around it.

Latvia’s first skyscraper, nicknamed ‘Stalin’s birthday cake.’

This ducal residence was once home to a future Russian empress and a French king in exile.

This celebration of Latvia’s freedom and independence avoided demolition over half a century of Soviet occupation.

The reconstruction of this prominent building fulfilled a long-written command.

Flamboyant architecture from the turn of 20th century.

3,000 market stands in five former Zeppelin hangars.

A 11-foot former president stands on a Kosovo street that also bears his name.

A futuristic, brutalist masterpiece that is also strangely prison-like.

The seat of the Mantua bishop holds many secrets within its walls.

This sculpture of a rhinoceros suspended above a city square is meant to evoke the weight of the human condition.

This amazingly preserved Doric temple was abandoned before it was ever completed.

142 ceramic steps become a mosaic once a year.

One of Catholicism's four major basilicas has a series of papal portraits that are said to predict the end of the world.

A brutalist gem towering over the heart of Milan.

One of the most well-preserved castles in Italy also contains a rare medieval example of a port fortification.

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

Two very green residential towers cleaning the air in one of Europe's most polluted cities.

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

This is the oldest Roman-made bridge in the city still existing in its original state.

This ritzy Italian market is built around a statue of an unforgiven heretic who was burned for his belief in an endless universe.

A fairytale island floats in the middle of Italy's little-known Lake Orta.

Pilgrimage site for star-crossed lovers.

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.