Take a giant yellow bird cage to the top of Elba's highest mountain.

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

The "Prussian Versailles" that is as glorious today as when it was built.

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

Go surfing on this urban wave, "hacked" by local surfers.

Bell tower juts out from a village buried under a lake.

Europe’s oldest natural human mummy.

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

Pilgrimage site for star-crossed lovers.

This bustling Italian plaza is built on the ruins of an ancient Roman amphitheater.

A local legend says the theft of a holy relic explains the hand-shaped bloodstain on the facade of this cathedral.

A copy of the famous statue can be found in this Florence piazza, along with one of the most breathtaking views of the city below.

This private skyway is filled with art and was expanded explicitly so that Hitler could appreciate a river.

Memorials at a Florence railway station remember the citizens who were deported from Italy and sent to extermination camps.

Nestled in the hills of Tuscany are gorgeous, multicolored hot springs.

This quaint Italian town keeps losing ground as the sides of its plateau slowly erode.

For two decades in the 13th century, the papacy operated from this palace in central Italy, which served as the site of the first—and longest—papal election conclave in history.

This war memorial commemorates some of the world's first paratroopers.

The leathery remains of a woman who died in the 13th century now lie in a church named for her.

A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.

The remains of a town so thoroughly destroyed by French forces that the citizens simply left.

The first piece of public art dedicated to LGBT rights.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

This fairytale inspired, warped building houses restaurants, shops, and a radio station.