Brussels, Belgium
Manneken Pis
A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.
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Brussels, Belgium
A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.
Luxembourg, Luxembourg
An expansive complex of subterranean tunnels is all that remains of one of Europe's most formidable medieval fortresses.
Beidweiler, Luxembourg
This tri-part waterfall is a little bit of fairytale beauty in the heart of Luxembourg's Little Switzerland.
Trier, Germany
The last bastion of Roman presence north of the Alps looms over a German town.
Matera, Italy
An abandoned quarry hides an open-air gallery of huge sculptures, some made from the rubble of 9/11.
Matera, Italy
People have been living in the cave houses on this Italian hillside since the Neolithic era.
Pompeii, Italy
The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.
Bari, Italy
A dead saint, a deadly poison, and a mysterious holy ooze.
Milan, Italy
This curious building hides eclectic details like medieval gargoyles alongside naked angels and Art Nouveau mosaics.
Milan, Italy
The secret medieval communication system will whisk your words above the noise of the crowd.
Milan, Italy
Before there were doorbells this bronze ear was installed for visitors to announce their arrival.
Milan, Italy
The mark of the Devil's horns on a marble column in Milan.
Milan, Italy
This giant middle finger statue sends an unambiguous message to Italy's bankers.
Milan, Italy
An ossuary built in 1210 to collect bones from the Ospedale Maggiore of Milan.
Ercolano, Italy
Pompeii's less famous neighbor is still revealing her secrets.
Naples, Italy
In a city that boasts four separate inclined cable railways, this is one of the busiest funicular lines in the world.
Naples, Italy
The once forbidden "secret cabinet" of erotic art from excavations of Pompeii and Herculaneum.
Naples, Italy
These "anatomical machines" are only one of the many strange items in this Italian crypt.
Zagreb, Croatia
This scale model of our solar system hid in plain sight for years before a physics team sought out all the planets.
Zagreb, Croatia
Where the lovelorn find a home for their sentimental keepsakes.
Vatican City
Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.
Rome, Italy
The Pope’s secret escape route.
Rome, Italy
A collection of objects supposedly singed by the hands of souls in purgatory.
Rome, Italy
This ritzy Italian market is built around a statue of an unforgiven heretic who was burned for his belief in an endless universe.