This modernist tower was saved by a fraternity with a 500-year-old penchant for shooting at wooden parrots.

The medieval woodcut-style artwork chronicles life in medieval London.

An small and easily overlooked archaeology museum chock full of Egyptian artifacts.

There was a top secret plan during World War II to seal a group of soldiers inside the rock.

Single runway interrupted by a busy road that cuts across its middle.

A detailed pachyderm supports Rome's smallest Egyptian obelisk.

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

This 6th-century church has the largest and best-preserved collection of Byzantine mosaics outside Constantinople.

Legend has it this fountain built to symbolize the Pope’s power hides a strange secret concerning Neptune's manliness.

A whale rib was used to advertise the store by the arch that offered exotic goods from far away.

Over 100 towers were built in Bologna during the Middle Ages, but only 22 survive.

Largest necropolis in the Mediterranean.

A small window on Via Piella offers a lovely and rare peek at Bologna's lost canals.

Italian poet Dante Alighieri is entombed in this small mausoleum in Ravenna, and his hometown of Florence has never been too happy about it.

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

These medieval skyscrapers dominate the skyline of this small Tuscan town.

Gigantic mosaic sculptures of the figures on Tarot cards fill this colorful Tuscan garden.

Pilgrimage site for star-crossed lovers.

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.

The only "Egyptian" pyramid in Europe and the legendary tomb of Remus.

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

A miniature train-ride through Slovenia's largest cave system.

One of the most spectacular bridges in Spain spans a narrow chasm that divides the city of Ronda.

This line of 12 tower mills described in the story of Don Quixote is among the most iconic landscapes in Spain.