The oldest skyscraper of Europe now stands dwarfed by the surrounding structures.

Old ships and machinery fill a historic harbor in the city that's home to Europe's largest port.

A modern reimagining of a medieval city gate.

These slanted cubic abodes are a creative if odd solution to a zoning pickle.

Some 80,000 Delft Blue tiles line the inside of this Amsterdam walkway.

The grave of the famous painter is marked by a simple stone in the ground.

Why a column on the entrance is inscribed with a verse from the Quran is one of Sicily's many mysteries.

Every inch of this chapel is covered in craftsmanship from across the world.

Behind medieval walls in a corner of bustling Palermo is a breathtaking former mosque once inhabited by a wolf-taming hermit.

An abandoned shopping gallery built during Fascist Italy tucked in the center of Palermo.

This triumphal 16th-century arched gateway leads to the oldest street in Palermo.

This mosaic-lined medieval church was built by the world's first admiral and still holds mass in ancient Greek.

This old KLM airplane cut into three parts was transformed into an eclectic airport gift shop.

It appears as if a man is standing behind this giant airport clock, painting the hands in real time.

On the Irish coast, 18 members of the Howard family are eternally resting in an Egyptian pyramid.

The ancient tomb acts as a calendar that keeps perfect time.

An ancient neolithic tomb that only sees the sun twice a year.

Mortarless walls that stretch for miles are a lovely solution for creating grazing land in the harsh terrain of the Aran Islands.

These moss-covered medieval ruins tower atop the smallest of Ireland's Aran Islands.

A steam trawler with a whiskey-soaked history driven ashore in 1960 resides rusty but still standing on the shoreline.

A museum dedicated to the tragedy of Bloody Sunday.

These murals stand as reminders to the troubled history of this Northern Ireland city.

Northern Ireland's Brobdingnagian stepping stones.

The atmospheric road was never meant to be so creepy.