Italy
La Starza
This site marks the oldest known settlement in Campania, inhabited around 9,000 years ago.
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This site marks the oldest known settlement in Campania, inhabited around 9,000 years ago.
Pompeii, Italy
The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.
Palermo, Italy
This palace offers an 18th-century European take on Chinese design and architecture.
Palermo, Italy
This unique museum is home to over 5,000 puppets of all types.
Palermo, Italy
Every inch of this chapel is covered in craftsmanship from across the world.
Palermo, Italy
This mosaic-lined medieval church was built by the world's first admiral and still holds mass in ancient Greek.
Pisa, Italy
The only visible reminders of an elaborate engineering project that kept the tower from reaching the tipping point.
Pisa, Italy
Next to the Leaning Tower of Pisa is a cemetery home to ancient sarcophagi and disturbing murals.
Pisa, Italy
The mysterious “claw marks” said to be left by the Devil on Pisa’s famous cathedral.
Pisa, Italy
The first botanical garden, a feather in the cap of the Grand Duke of Tuscany.
Pisa, Italy
A local student's chance encounter with Keith Haring led to the creation of one of Europe's largest murals.
Sant'Ambrogio di Torino, Italy
The mountaintop inspiration for Umberto Eco's "The Name of the Rose."
Lainate, Italy
An ancient artistic garden parlor full of hidden water wonders.
Gropparello, Italy
This castle has decor from many periods of history, as well as a fairytale park.
Fontanellato, Italy
The world's largest bamboo labyrinth is a living demonstration of the plant’s immense potential.
Castelnovo ne' Monti, Italy
An Italian geologic wonder that served as the inspiration for the landscape of Dante's hell.
Geneva, Switzerland
This famous writer's tombstone is a literary pilgrimage site that was publicly defiled by a rival.
Geneva, Switzerland
One of the most historical literary characters continues to stroll his hometown.
Geneva, Switzerland
The world's largest second-hand graces a clock surrounded by constantly changing flower beds.
Meyrin, Switzerland
Home of the Large Hadron Collider and the birthplace of the World Wide Web.
Tolochenaz, Switzerland
The immortal Hollywood star rests in peace in an unassuming Swiss village cemetery.
Lausanne, Switzerland
Artworks by loners, prisoners and the criminally insane.
Bourg-en-Lavaux, Switzerland
Swiss vineyards in a UNESCO heritage site.
Vevey, Switzerland
At 929 pounds and 26 feet tall, this stainless steel fork can only be used by the likes of King Kong.