The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."

An ode to the washerwomen who called Pavia home.

This peculiar Italian elevator runs both horizontally and vertically.

This cathedral hides a sculpted dog that determines your fate and an unexploded shell from World War II.

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

Once home to one of the oldest banks in the world, this building is also where Marco Polo's famous travelogue was written.

Now an entertainment complex, the Lingotto building was once an avant-garde auto factory with a test track on the roof.

This sinister Baroque entryway could lead you to a terrible fate.

Some people believe that this makeshift space monitoring station received transmissions from clandestine cosmonauts.

A portrayal of two lamps embraced and in love.

The intricate geometry inside this Baroque-style dome was designed to create "terror of the human soul."

The world's most active stratovolcano is almost always erupting.

A mysterious ancient elephant said to possess magic powers is now the symbol of a Sicilian city.

Italian cave with exceptional acoustics and an unsavory history.

This antique shop and tea room reside inside a twice defunct church that was moved stone by stone to its current location.

One of the tallest mill chimneys in Lancashire gave up its ornate cast iron "crown" during World War II to assist the war effort.

The legendary cliffside castle of three-time Voivode of Wallachia, Vlad the Impaler.

The ancient Greek Titan guards this massive dam holding a lightning bolt to symbolize electricity.

A stunning 18th century pharmacy and medieval chemist's collection.

A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.

Something's watching you.

A medieval church built up to defend its village.

This hauntingly beautiful cemetery outside a medieval citadel is full of winding paths and ivy-covered graves.

Nine centuries-old fortresses guard the walls of this medieval Romanian city.