Legends of time travel and magical woodland creatures bolster the natural charm of this verdant sanctuary in the midst of Moscow.

A magnificent, Disneyesque chateau built for 150 lucky kindergarteners.

This private skyway is filled with art and was expanded explicitly so that Hitler could appreciate a river.

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

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

The small peaceful island off the Venice tourist circuit is where the city began more than 1,500 years ago.

This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.

Some say this medieval church is where the poet Dante married his wife and also met the love of his life.

A stick-sprouting statue watching a duo of disembodied dancing deities.

This irregularly shaped sea fortress has defended not one but three different sovereign states.

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

In Florence's great Duomo, a 26 foot fresco honors a mercenary famous for attacking Florence.

A small window on Via Piella offers a lovely and rare peek at Bologna's lost canals.

Sitting on an Italian hilltop is this surreal fortress built by the mad inventor of electrohomeopathy.

These medieval skyscrapers dominate the skyline of this small Tuscan town.

This strange bovine gargoyle is said to have been put in as a passive aggressive form of revenge.

This bronze boar's snout has been rubbed to a golden sheen by visitors seeking good fortune.

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

The middle finger of modernity.

A slightly creepy gallery of plaster cast models in the same museum as Michelangelo's David.

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

Thirteen sculptures in central Moscow graphically depicting vices of the modern world.

One of the world's tallest statues is also one of its most hated.

Some Moscow residents once claimed the bizarre, contorted mass of metal on top of the building was used to manipulate minds.