Just across from the "Last Supper" painting is the famous painter's vineyard, a gift received for creating the masterpiece.

Vast network of air raid tunnels beneath Lombardy's capital.

Da Vinci's equestrian statue, 500 years in the making.

A space dedicated to contemporary art and culture, co-chaired by fashion icon Miuccia Prada.

A Milanese café entirely designed by the American director Wes Anderson.

This curious building hides eclectic details like medieval gargoyles alongside naked angels and Art Nouveau mosaics.

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

Once thought to be the Garden of Eden it holds a holy footprint claimed to belong to Adam, Buddha and Shiva.

Underneath this Byzantinian church lies a necropolis filled with ancient tombs and the ruins of previous churches.

Rock carving created 1,300 years ago 75 feet off the ground.

A man throwing a giant severed hand towers over Antwerp’s main square.

The legendary giant's severed hand sits on Antwerp's popular shopping street.

This statue dedicated to the story of a Flemish boy and his dog was relatively obscure in Belgium, but a cult sensation in Japan.

A place to see how French aristocrats lived in the early 1900s.

This eclectic, mosaic-clad home includes a bamboo ping-pong loft and a "Whispermaphones" intercom.

An Orthodox church built by the Royal Family for the Russian community exiled to the French Riviera.

A fortress on this island housed the mysterious prisoner known as the "Man in the Iron Mask" for more than a decade.

These ruins of a Phoenician sanctuary in Sicily have a dark history.

Every inch of this chapel is covered in craftsmanship from across the world.

This triumphal 16th-century arched gateway leads to the oldest street in Palermo.

Thousands of well-dressed mummies below a monastery.

Originally built for London’s cab drivers, this bright green hut now serves anyone a hot drink or meal.

This defunct, fortress-like prison has been the setting for several movies.

This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.