A hospital where antique dolls are given new life.

The final resting place of the poets Shelley and Keats.

Architectural monsters are devouring this palace's every door and window.

Local legend associates this large limestone chunk with a giantess, but archeologists say it may be the remains of a neolithic burial chamber.

Malta’s oldest sea water distillation building is now an architectural anomaly on the Sliema waterfront.

Spectacular secluded inlet with clear waters flanked by limestone cliffs.

Where the people of Gozo have been doing laundry for more than six centuries.

This abandoned building, which is the second-largest structure on the Maltese island of Comino, has a complicated past.

In the sleepy town of Gozo exists a reproduction of the entire town of Bethlehem.

Despite the name, these small saltwater swimming pools have nothing to do with the Romans.

Shop at the 200-year-old store where Julia Child stocked up on copper cookware.

Grab a life-changing ham sandwich at this former horse butchershop.

France's third-largest necropolis offers a peaceful respite from a busy port city.

This large copper bolt represents the benchmark for measuring sea levels in most of Europe.

This imposing tower named after the mythical sword of King Arthur is considered the tallest freestanding climbing wall in the world.

This neighborhood of futuristic ball houses looks like an alien settlement in a science fiction film.

This museum housed in a former brothel explores the past and present of sex work in Amsterdam.

Amsterdam's former hotspot for public executions and dissections.

These slanted cubic abodes are a creative if odd solution to a zoning pickle.

The former home of a mad diplomat is said to still be marked in bloody, arcane scrawls.

This centuries-old gothic monster has been converted into a sprawling, glossy bookstore.

Peek through a transparent pyramid and drink in the mountain made of books.

This gorgeous reading room houses the oldest and largest art history library in the Netherlands.

A floating cat sanctuary on an Amsterdam canal.