A shining memorial to a Belgian hero is said to bring luck to anyone who touches it.

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

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

This beautiful 150-year-old synagogue survived Italy's fascist period and the Second World War.

One of the earliest depictions of an Arthurian scene that is shrouded in mystery.

Medieval ruins on a tiny island amid a flooded lake offer romantic respite to lovers seeking privacy.

As lake waters recede, a German village reemerges after more than a hundred years.

A century-long search for a church that was never there.

This German museum is devoted to all aspects of grave culture from headstones to coffins.

A modern museum dedicated to the fairytales and dictionary work of the Brothers Grimm.

A two-inch thick solid brass rod that extends an astounding one kilometer straight into the earth.

At this cemetery, artists are invited to design their own gravestones.

A sprawling Baroque park with 300-year-old hydro-pneumatic waterworks.

High in the clouds of San Marino sits an ancient tower with some curious prisoner graffiti.

A series of caves, tunnels, and wells filled with fascinating figures and symbols.

People have been living in the cave houses on this Italian hillside since the Neolithic era.

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

An abandoned quarry hides an open-air gallery of huge sculptures, some made from the rubble of 9/11.

Macabre symbols of death and mummies on display set the tone of this Italian purgatory church.

Geometry and mystery come together in an epic show of octagonal masonry.

Southern Italy's spinning top village.

An impressive bridge over a ravine also served as an aqueduct.

Erotic art covers the walls of the largest ancient pleasure palace.

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