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The only Roman honorific column in Istanbul.

The remains of the medieval city walls that once protected the Genoese quarter of Constantinople

An angel that hatched from an egg!

A maze of underground warehouses and cellars underneath one of Poland's most historic cities

Thermal lake of unbelievable color that looks like a drop of paint.

The Lobotesis family has been baking some of the best savory pies in Athens since 1910.

All 12 animals of the Chinese zodiac are depicted in anthropomorphized deity form.

In the dollmaking capital of Japan, a museum dedicated to the traditional craft

A bizarre trio of potato-like stone people represents the dynamism of city life

Museum dedicated to extraterrestrial sightings in a town famous for them

A tea merchant built a dazzling Chinoiserie mansion in the 1890s to impress a Chinese ambassador

A monumental oak commemorated for King Karl XII allegedly relieving himself against it

A few crumbling buildings and the occasional pipe sticking out of the ground are all that remains of the largest refugee camp in Sweden during World War II.

According to local lore, a flying dragon was blinded by a lighthouse and crashed, leaving a permanent mark on this island rock.

A Czech shoe magnate built his office inside a giant elevator.

A sculpture of the beloved author surrounded by characters from his fairy tales.

The world's largest monastic library is also a baroque artistic masterpiece

A vast open air art museum on the north coast of Sicily

The lines of the historic rail line around Etna are slowly being swallowed by the extension of the Catania Metro system

This elegant black and white striped arch is emblematic of Catania's resilience to natural disasters

This ancient castle, built to defend against attacks by Turkish pirates, was the birthplace of a local revolutionary hero

Carthusian monks once operated this 18th-century pharmacy, preparing herbal remedies from plants originating in the surrounding mountains

Hidden away in an alleyway, this diminutive chapel is said to be the smallest church in Rome

Inside this medieval fortress today is a high-security prison, which sometimes opens its doors to the public as a restaurant