Venice, Italy
Attila's Throne
An island on the Venetian Lagoon hosts this stone chair that has nothing to do with the King of the Huns.
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Venice, Italy
An island on the Venetian Lagoon hosts this stone chair that has nothing to do with the King of the Huns.
Venice, Italy
This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.
Zagreb, Croatia
A World War II evacuation tunnel turned into a history display of Croatian state and people.
Zagreb, Croatia
This 135-year-old weather station studied the effects of the climate on human health.
Zagreb, Croatia
Where the lovelorn find a home for their sentimental keepsakes.
Turin, Italy
This fountain is dedicated to the workers who perished constructing the Fréjus Rail Tunnel.
Turin, Italy
The intricate geometry inside this Baroque-style dome was designed to create "terror of the human soul."
Milan, Italy
This poignant art installation raises awareness of violence against women.
Bratislava, Slovakia
Launched by Napoleon's soldiers more than 200 years ago, a cannonball remains embedded in the tower wall.
Bratislava, Slovakia
A sculpture of a beloved local figure, who tipped his top hat to everyone he passed on the streets of Bratislava.
Bratislava, Slovakia
An ode to a soldier who came to town, fell in love, then began making his own sparkling wine.
Bratislava, Slovakia
This Slovakian statue of an emerging sewer worker might just be a bronze peeping tom.
Venice, Italy
A new sculpture calls attention to climate change in the centuries-old city it threatens.
Bologna, Italy
A small window on Via Piella offers a lovely and rare peek at Bologna's lost canals.
Bologna, Italy
In the world's oldest university is a stunning 17th century anatomical theater carved from spruce.
Bologna, Italy
The wreckage of a tragic plane crash is on display at this museum devoted to a famous Italian conspiracy.
Bologna, Italy
Over 100 towers were built in Bologna during the Middle Ages, but only 22 survive.
Bologna, Italy
Legend has it this fountain built to symbolize the Pope’s power hides a strange secret concerning Neptune's manliness.
Troyanski manastir, Bulgaria
At this 16th-century monastery in rural Bulgaria, visitors can also spend the night.
Devetaki, Bulgaria
A massive cave once a secret military base is now home to thousands of bats.
Sofia, Bulgaria
This building has two facades of clashing architectural designs.
Pernik, Bulgaria
Founded in the 4th-century, the town of Pernik plays host to the Surva Carnival—a magnificent display of masked Kukeri dancers.
Bulgaria
These cascading falls resonate throughout the Bulgarian forest.
Pernik, Bulgaria
One of the largest mines in Bulgaria is now home to a vast museum more than 100 feet underground.