The city of Parma's cathedral is home to one of the greatest illusionistic frescoes of the Renaissance.

This chimerical bridge/tunnel appears to dead end right into the sea.

The UK's oldest theme park slowly slips away.

A half-mile-long stretch of medieval forts built after a devastating pirate attack persists amid the modern port city.

Now a memorial to merchant sailors and Titanic victims, this medieval church was destroyed by bombing raids in 1940.

A gigantic mechanical bull rages over unsuspecting passengers at Birmingham’s central station.

The largest public library in the United Kingdom was designed to reflect the industrial and artistic history of the city where it stands.

A giant roundabout made up of six smaller roundabouts can befuddle the uninitiated.

One of England's most famous churches hides a pair of little known architectural treasures.

A remarkable medieval structure born from a 14th-century disaster.

All that remains of the only English cathedral destroyed in the Protestant Reformation.

The bombed out remains of the old church were kept intact next to the new one, as a reminder of the futility of war.

More than 500 years after his death, a medieval ruler's remains were found buried under a parking lot.

Does being buried standing up help you get into heaven faster?

A relic of World War I that now exist as a piece of public art.

A highly-criticized monument in Budapest has become the site of a makeshift Holocaust memorial.

This memorial to a murdered empress took 20 years to design, then spent 30 years hidden away in storage.

Also known as Uncle Karl, the beloved bronze copper keeps a watchful eye on St. Stephen’s Basilica while people rub his lucky belly.

A much-loved sculpture depicting the hero of a 1956 anti-Soviet uprising.

This quiet, unassuming spot in Budapest was the birthplace of the bloody 1956 Hungarian Revolution.

A triumphant marble and bronze fountain depicting a 15th-century Hungarian king and his hunting party.

A 13th-century convent where St. Margaret of Hungary spent her teenage years.

The true meaning behind this sculpture remains unknown.

The metal leaves on this tree are engraved with the names of Holocaust victims.