This memorial commemorating fallen Swiss Guards of the French Revolution has been called the saddest stone in the world.

Where Venice's gondolas go for a tune-up.

The only museum with its curator—and her pets—buried inside.

Those who own or stay at this 500-year-old, allegedly cursed house often meet terrible fates.

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

As can be expected from a centuries-old church built in a canal city, the undercroft of this house of worship is beautifully flooded.

Thousand-year-old Viking runes adorn an ancient Greek lion at the entrance to the Venetian Arsenal.

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

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

This Roman statue is missing a limb from when the Venetians stole it from Constantinople during the Crusades.

The bomb-ravaged remains of of a colossal Neptune.

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.

A lover's walk between hilltop towns, decorated with graffiti love notes.

Milan's duomo is covered in beautiful carving including a curious "dinosaur-like" beast.

Two very green residential towers cleaning the air in one of Europe's most polluted cities.

This one-block alleyway is stuffed with street art that is colorful, cultural, and intensely political.

This historic square in Nepal is home to temples dating back to the third century.

A monument to the three wars that led to German unification towers within a Berlin traffic circle.

This elegant neoclassical garden is a peaceful oasis in the middle of the Nepalese capital.

Towering at a height of over 30 meters, this turn-of-the-18th-century landmark is the tallest temple in Nepal.

Two large-scale sculptures of Adam and Eve greet visitors in the nude at the Time Warner Center in NYC.

The "lost friend” is the most famous of the six moai statues that were removed from Easter Island.

Over 60 species of birds inhabit this colorful aviary park in South Africa.

A large-scale steel sculpture entitled 'The Shadow Boxer' pays tribute to Nelson Mandela.