This uncanny fresco celebrating the "triumph of death" was split into four pieces to be moved to another museum.

Haunting graffiti left by prisoners of the Spanish Inquisition.

The 19th-century home of Count and Countess von Hallwyl is now a museum.

The Swedish flag over this small naval fort signals that the nation is at peace.

When this 18th-century observatory's meridian was moved, it set Sweden's time back by 0.04 seconds.

Stockholm's decidedly unique public transit system has doubled as the world's longest art gallery for decades.

A taste of the macabre Tokyo's ritzy shopping district.

This tiny stone in a children's park is what remains of an ancient, once-worshipped object.

Long-abandoned art nouveau baths beneath Milan's Piazza Oberdan.

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

Devastated landscape used for hundreds of years by the Romans as their primary mining site.

For hundreds of years, this huge figure has been blessing visitors before they explore his body.

This giant middle finger statue sends an unambiguous message to Italy's bankers.