This spooky statue sits outside a famous Prague theater.

A plaque marks the spot where the saint was shoved off the Charles Bridge and into the river.

Be(w)ar(e) the moat around this historic Czech castle.

In one of the world's smallest countries, a royal's personal winery is open to the public.

Ugly 18th-century dwarf statues living in a perfectly landscaped Austrian garden.

These waste baskets play a few risque messages to discourage littering.

Europe’s oldest natural human mummy.

It's always summer at the beach inside this former airship hangar.

The unique design of this former quarry provides ideal acoustics for concerts.

Watch butterflies take flight before you fly.

A railway, a waterway, and a roadway all in one, suspended over a rushing river.

The Lund University's former gym houses a museum focusing on the creative process of art.

Over the course of its history, this tiny island has held enslaved people in transit and served as a quarantine zone. Today, it's a giant tortoise sanctuary.

Formerly the world's largest, this Willy Wonka-esque contraption runs 24/7.

This large, circular tomb is the final resting place of the first emperor of Rome.

One of several skulls claiming to belong to the beheaded St. John the Baptist is on display at this Roman church.

The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."

Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.

The ruins of the largest gladiatorial school in Rome are largely hidden under modern streets.

Plaques on its facade commemorate the Tiber's most destructive deluges.

A detailed pachyderm supports Rome's smallest Egyptian obelisk.

Brass cobblestones mark the places where individual Holocaust victims were taken from their homes.

Historic fortifications form the boundary of Vatican City, but it’s not entirely surrounded by walls.

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