The oldest operating pharmacy in the world features 800-year-old recipes.

The middle finger of modernity.

This bustling Italian plaza is built on the ruins of an ancient Roman amphitheater.

The naturally mummified body of a peasant girl saint.

Fortified medieval tower house with lovely roof garden.

A local student's chance encounter with Keith Haring led to the creation of one of Europe's largest murals.

The only visible reminders of an elaborate engineering project that kept the tower from reaching the tipping point.

First founded in 1472, this is the oldest bank in the world. Its history may explain why we call financial institutions "banks."

A dismembered holy head stares out from her beautiful reliquary at the St. Dominic Basilica.

Where members of the Crossbow Corps of San Marino demonstrate their skills.

The San Marino-Rimini railroad was short-lived but this tunnel once provided shelter for hundreds of refugees during World War II.

The only Shinto shrine in Europe that has been officially sanctioned by Japan.

This unlikely 1980s relic at a bus station recalls the New York real estate tycoon before his political career.

The art museum is decorated with creatively remodeled pre-Nazi swastikas.

Pre-Nazi swastikas adorn the sculpted pachyderms flanking this brewhouse portal.

In downtown Oslo, a menacing and terrifying relief clings to a church wall.

This floating sculpture of ice is a poignant reminder of nature's power.

The design of this beautifully crafted building was inspired by Norwegian glaciers.

Tens of thousands of tiny bottles stuffed with various items.

Beneath Denmark's Højbro bridge, a bronze merman and his seven sons forever mourn for the mother and wife who left them for land.

Denmark’s oldest bakery is home to the 'Wednesday Snail,' one of the best cinnamon rolls on the planet.

The house where a Danish physicist discovered the connection between electricity and magnetism.

This sculptural representation of an Andersen fairy tale had to be pushed away for being too grim.

The only surviving piece of Copenhagen's 16th-century defensive wall.