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Hidden beneath a beautiful overlook you’ll find the history of the city depicted in comic strip format next to a pay toilet.

Ring the bell to enter a bar that looks equal parts museum and old curiosity shop.

Elaborately carved to showcase the glorious wealth that the age of exploration brought to the Portuguese empire.

This Industrial Age architectural and engineering gem helps visitors and residents alike traverse Lisbon, “The City of Seven Hills.”

A king's pet, a pope's gift, an artist's inspiration, and a tragic shipwreck.

Legacy of the earthquake that nearly wiped Lisbon off the face of the Earth.

This exquisite, alienesque piece of Soviet architecture is being threatened by modern shopping malls.

This oddly shaped building is a surprising Soviet-era crematorium.

The medieval prince founded the first library in Ukraine at Saint Sophia's Cathedral where he was interred.

An Art Nouveau building covered in animal gargoyles and grotesques.

A Kyiv-based repository for all manners of discarded curiosities.

One of the largest museums in Ukraine remembers the story of the German-Soviet War in iconic, brutalist style.

340-foot statue built to honour the Heroes of the Soviet Union.

A reconstructed medieval gateway that was the magnificent entrance to the capital city dating back to 1037.

Nestled in the heart of Milan is a real wunderkammer of morbid curiosities.

A brutalist gem towering over the heart of Milan.

Artistic tombs, monuments, and a beautiful "Hall of Fame" lurk inside this cemetery.

This curious building hides eclectic details like medieval gargoyles alongside naked angels and Art Nouveau mosaics.

The odd depiction of the Virgin Mary and baby Jesus is rooted in the Catholic Church's eradication of Catharism.

Small on the outside, big on the inside, this church is an astonishing act of visual deception.

Long-abandoned art nouveau baths beneath Milan's Piazza Oberdan.

The secret medieval communication system will whisk your words above the noise of the crowd.

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

An ossuary built in 1210 to collect bones from the Ospedale Maggiore of Milan.