Behind this pair of dragon trees, there is a tragic story of lost love.

The oldest Marian image in the Canary Islands still impresses people nearly half a millennium later.

Indigenous cultures believed all life would end if this enormous rock toppled.

You can soak in three relaxing pools filled daily by the tide.

The world's largest single-aperture telescope resides in the Canary Islands.

A gigantic collection of teeny, tiny books.

Hidden beneath the famous St. Peter's Basilica is a veritable city of the dead that may hold the remains of St. Peter himself.

An Austrian house of bones filled with hundreds of intricately painted skulls.

The largest ice cave in the world is thought to be the entrance to hell according to Austrian legend.

A beautiful gorge filled with streams and waterfalls.

Walk inside a half mile long crevice right outside the town of Garmisch Partenkirchen.

Swarovski's museum/theme park is a fake diamond fantasia overlooked by a giant.

Ugly 18th-century dwarf statues living in a perfectly landscaped Austrian garden.

A neo-Gothic church built to thank God for saving the Emperor of Austria from an assassination.

Baroque celebration of the end of the Great Plague of Vienna.

This equestrian statue of Constantine the Great has been the subject of criticism for centuries.

A wunderkammer of gold and silver reliquaries and ancient saintly bones.

Gargoyle head that brings good luck.

An ancient knight and a symbol of the city's freedom.

Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.

In the past, Renaissance sex workers were encouraged to entice customers on this bridge.

The famous sculptor left his mark on this Italian wall in an internationally protected example of street art.

Over 50 exquisite hand-painted Renaissance maps decorate a Medici storage room.

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.