Executions were once held near this beautiful 18th-century fountain.

Noirish green neon marks the location of one of the oldest private detective agencies in France.

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.

The approximate spot where the last Grand Master of the Knights Templar was put to death.

A surrealist timepiece by the artist of melting clocks.

During the summer months, giant teddy bears take over Paris near Les Gobelins metro station.

The video game-themed street art first popped up in the French city.

A copy of the famous statue can be found in this Florence piazza, along with one of the most breathtaking views of the city below.

A slightly creepy gallery of plaster cast models in the same museum as Michelangelo's David.

Drink wine handed out through a window as part of an age-old tradition.

The doodles of a genius line the walls of a secret room under the Medici Chapel, where they were hidden for nearly 500 years.

Legend says this mysterious stone head belongs to a woman who was petrified by an alchemist.

This strange bovine gargoyle is said to have been put in as a passive aggressive form of revenge.

Two very green residential towers cleaning the air in one of Europe's most polluted cities.

Milan's duomo is covered in beautiful carving including a curious "dinosaur-like" beast.

This grisly effigy displays an early Christian martyr who was skinned alive and beheaded.

The bomb-ravaged remains of of a colossal Neptune.

This amazing medieval fortress stands atop a promontory along the famous Cinque Terre.

This tiny chapel withstood a massive mudslide and flash flood.

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.

Perched above a grotto, this tribute to Mother Nature looks out into the ocean.

This Victorian-era public house has set the standard for pub-style elegance for over a hundred years.

The gorgeous library at Trinity College is home to remarkable treasures of Irish identity.

The somber sculptures commemorating Irish Famine on the river Liffey in Dublin.