Numerous sculptures set along hiking trails symbolize and idealize the relationship between man and nature.

This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

This Roman statue is missing a limb from when the Venetians stole it from Constantinople during the Crusades.

An extensive collection of reliquaries containing the bones of saints housed in the largest Catholic church in Venice.

Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.

This palatial spiral staircase was so unusual the name "snail" was given to the noble family who built it.

A trough of 700 strange bronze faces runs through a narrow alley in Ljubljana's old town.

A whimsical bridge adorned with decorative dragons.

A public work of art that also provides some relief from the summer heat.

Elaborately carved to showcase the glorious wealth that the age of exploration brought to the Portuguese empire.

A king's pet, a pope's gift, an artist's inspiration, and a tragic shipwreck.

The tallest tower in Cáceres's Old Town.

If you like Art Deco you will love this bridge.

An abandoned socialist utopia built in the late 19th century.

Dozens of elegant ceramic tiles decorate these ancient walls, each displaying the Lord's Prayer in a different language.

Oldest Protestant church in the Middle East, designed to resemble a synagogue.

Descend 2,030 years into the past in an ancient tunnel built to support Jerusalem's most famous wall.

Medieval torture techniques with a modern conscience.

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

Cliffside houses provide a spectacular view from their perch above the valley.

One of the few remaining ancient aqueducts described by Frontinus as 'the most solemn testimony of the Empire.'

An eerie collection of the surviving structures from a past celebration of the future.

A 16th-century Andalusian palace.