This stately monument has been wearing a traffic cone hat for decades much to the delight of the locals.

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.

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

Southern Italy's spinning top village.

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

A lover's walk between hilltop towns, decorated with graffiti love notes.

A set of outdoor stairs named in honor of a famous Austrian artist.

The first modernist church in Europe.

A gift from Emperor Franz Joseph I to his wife.

A random tree outside a Budapest hotel has become a DIY shrine to the late singer.

This small, easily-overlooked sculpture recalls the first time Graz saw a live elephant.

Resting in the middle of an Austrian river, this sci-fi "island" lets people cross in neon style.

Double spiral staircases are not unheard of, but they are very rare.

The largest stone circle in the world has ended up bringing up more questions than it has answered.

A miniature village mimics the surrounding buildings so well it includes itself.

Perhaps the most obscure, simplistic Banksy installation found in Bristol or in the entire world.

Banksy's image of a naked man dangling from the window of a sex health clinic.

A island reachable by a causeway at low tide is possibly one of the earliest Western European locations to be identified in text.

Now nearly dry, this lake is said to be the ancient home of the Lady of the Lake, and was once thought to be bottomless.

This medieval sanctuary's tree-framed door looks like a portal to a mythical realm.

Europe's largest prehistoric mound – burial site of a legendary king?

It is said the legendary wizard once lived in this sea cave beneath Tintagel Castle.

A fantastic castle rumored to be the birthplace of King Arthur.

The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.