Despite attempts by local police to discourage it, Beatles-inspired graffiti has been a means for artists to air grievances for decades.

A bust of Franz Kafka spins in pieces, reflecting the writer's inner torment.

Next to the Leaning Tower of Pisa is a cemetery home to ancient sarcophagi and disturbing murals.

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.

The bomb-ravaged remains of of a colossal Neptune.

Massive galleon from a box-office bomb docked in Genoa.

Byzantine emperors ruled, lived, and died in this 13th-century palace-turned-museum.

Taking the subway here means doing so over a bridge located in the middle of an estuary.

A fountain standing as a testament to a doomed alliance.

A minotaur, a labyrinth, and a dubious restoration pull in visitors from around the world.

This famous archeological mystery may be an ancient example of movable type.

A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.

An Italian ghost town that fought obscurity, until a mysterious illness brought it to its knees.

The smaller of the three towers of San Marino is a former prison inaccessible from the ground level.

In this historic region, homes and churches are carved into ancient volcanic rock formations.

A Roman temple perched over an Italian town, forgotten several times over.

The mountaintop inspiration for Umberto Eco's "The Name of the Rose."

One of the oldest and most significant collections of Ancient Egyptian archeology outside of Egypt.

This ancient city was home to one of the greatest schools of Greek philosophy.

Also known as the Temple of Poseidon, this is one of the best-preserved Greek temples in the world.

This home designed for chocolate magnate Antoni Amatller is an exquisite treasure-box of Catalan Modernism.

This stunning iron gate designed by Modernist architect Antoni Gaudí is filled with mythic symbolism.

One of Antoni Gaudí’s earliest buildings, built between 1886 and 1890 for the industrialist Eusebi Güell.

The 2,000-year-old Roman columns are hidden within Barcelona's Gothic Quarter.