Rieti, Italy
Terminillo's Sword in the Stone
Templar knights fleeing persecution are said to have left this sword in stone as a landmark in 1307.
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Rieti, Italy
Templar knights fleeing persecution are said to have left this sword in stone as a landmark in 1307.
Civita, Italy
This quaint Italian town keeps losing ground as the sides of its plateau slowly erode.
Orvieto, Italy
This picturesque Umbrian city has a subterranean side that has long remained hidden.
Bagni San Filippo, Italy
Nestled in the hills of Tuscany are gorgeous, multicolored hot springs.
San Gimignano, Italy
These medieval skyscrapers dominate the skyline of this small Tuscan town.
Stockholm, Sweden
A museum that dives into Sweden’s maritime past through preserved shipwrecks and interactive exhibits.
Pisa, Italy
A local student's chance encounter with Keith Haring led to the creation of one of Europe's largest murals.
Pisa, Italy
The mysterious “claw marks” said to be left by the Devil on Pisa’s famous cathedral.
Pisa, Italy
Next to the Leaning Tower of Pisa is a cemetery home to ancient sarcophagi and disturbing murals.
Lucca, Italy
Fortified medieval tower house with lovely roof garden.
Lucca, Italy
This bustling Italian plaza is built on the ruins of an ancient Roman amphitheater.
Vernazza, Italy
Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.
Vernazza, Italy
This tiny chapel withstood a massive mudslide and flash flood.
Vernazza, Italy
This amazing medieval fortress stands atop a promontory along the famous Cinque Terre.
Monterosso al Mare, Italy
The bomb-ravaged remains of of a colossal Neptune.
Savona, Italy
The other, lesser-known, Sistine Chapel, sits over 500km away from the Vatican City in an Italian port City.
Menton, France
Every year, the town of Menton, France, turns lemons and oranges into giant sculptures depicting windmills, dragons, and more.
Canterbury, England
This strangely dressed taxidermy creature has a heartbreaking story.
Kent, England
Today, Kent's medieval monarchs hold court on a busy pedestrian thoroughfare—or at least their statues do.
Canterbury, England
One of England's most famous churches hides a pair of little known architectural treasures.
Canterbury, England
This skewed English house has looked like it's going to fall over for centuries.
Bristol, England
Banksy's image of a naked man dangling from the window of a sex health clinic.
Bristol, England
After protestors toppled a statue of a 17th-century slave trader, the pedestal where it once stood remains unoccupied.
Egypt
The wreck of a World War II cargo ship has become an unintentional time capsule at the bottom of the Red Sea.