Pisa, Italy
Guy Rope Anchors for the Leaning Tower of Pisa
The only visible reminders of an elaborate engineering project that kept the tower from reaching the tipping point.
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Pisa, Italy
The only visible reminders of an elaborate engineering project that kept the tower from reaching the tipping point.
Pisa, Italy
A local student's chance encounter with Keith Haring led to the creation of one of Europe's largest murals.
San Marino, San Marino
High in the clouds of San Marino sits an ancient tower with some curious prisoner graffiti.
Bologna, Italy
Legend has it this fountain built to symbolize the Pope’s power hides a strange secret concerning Neptune's manliness.
Bologna, Italy
Over 100 towers were built in Bologna during the Middle Ages, but only 22 survive.
Venice, Italy
Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.
Leuven, Belgium
A giant bug impaled on a 75-foot-tall needle.
Ghent, Belgium
This fairytale castle was built as a show of power but was nearly torn down thanks to its history of torture.
Tervuren, Belgium
A jazz band formed by African water animals in the heart of Flemish Brabant.
Savigny-lès-Beaune, France
This French chateau is home to the world’s largest private collection of fighter jets.
Tervuren, Belgium
A fascinating and enormous collection of natural history exhibits stained by a dark colonial legacy.
Brussels, Belgium
A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.
Brussels, Belgium
Climb inside an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times its normal size.
Brussels, Belgium
Theme park featuring miniature replicas of European monuments.
Bruges, Belgium
Christ's blood allegedly preserved in a Belgian town.
Ypres, Belgium
A moving memorial to the fallen and missing from WWI trenches.
Ypres, Belgium
This memorial museum chronicles the apocalyptic destruction of the First World War.
Moorslede, Belgium
This Belgian theme park began as a refuge for bored church children and was closed down when a boy lost an arm.
Ypres, Belgium
A rare example of World War I trenches from the British front.