The oldest giants in Catalonia are now displayed in a 14th-century Gothic church.

The largest Art Nouveau complex in the world is a Barcelona hospital with a 600-year-long history.

A former steam-powered mill from the 1800s is now an industrial park with a giant steel dragon slide.

A fantastic Christmas tradition where defecation meets the manger.

Two planes stand abandoned after the closure of an aircraft-themed restaurant.

The remains of an ancient Roman city are hidden underneath Bologna's beautiful public library.

Nobles would stage mock naval battles on this large lake at the Royal Palace of Caserta.

Explore this medieval cathedral by trying to spot all the malevolent monsters hiding in its beautifully colored windows.

This old medieval prison tower has been a site of astronomical research for more than 250 years.

A cone-shaped top and cylindrical body set this 900-year-old structure apart from other Italian bell towers.

The remains of 50,000 World War I soldiers rest under a towering arch overlooking the Alpine battlefields.

This house tells the story of Mussolini's most outspoken critic and of Italy's turbulent 1920s.

A small town lost in the mountains of southern Italy hosts the childhood home of one of the most famous saints of the 20th century.

The sunlight passing through the opening of this huge cave system creates a magical effect.

After World War II, this former concentration camp in Northern Italy became a refuge for those displaced by the war.

The pile of books behind the dignified writer gave the statue a most undignified nickname.

Skulls and skeletons are omnipresent in this church dedicated to souls trapped in purgatory.

The walls and streets of the ancient city are peppered with penises.

In medieval times this small stone seat was used as a bizarre way to punish insolvent debtors.

The lost Latin words were reconstructed using the holes from the nails that once pinned them in place.

Those who own or stay at this 500-year-old, allegedly cursed house often meet terrible fates.

One of the world's oldest working clocks is curiously missing the Zodiac sign of Libra.

The compass on its front was a handy tool for 17th-century merchants who needed to know the direction of the wind.

The telescope that discovered Neptune.