Lyon's miniature version of the Eiffel Tower was built as a statement in support of French secularism.

A colorful piece of contemporary art cheerfully clashes with Lyon's historical architecture.

One of the oldest still-working clocks in the world sits on an ancient tower.

As can be expected from a centuries old church built in a canal city, the undercroft of this house of worship is beautifully flooded.

An island on the Venetian Lagoon hosts this stone chair that has nothing to do with the King of the Huns.

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

Venice's island of the dead.

A new sculpture calls attention to climate change in the centuries-old city it threatens.

The marble facade hides a little-known medical museum with early surgical instruments and rare copies of canonical texts.

Thousand-year-old Viking runes adorn an ancient Greek lion at the entrance to the Venetian Arsenal.

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

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

The pile of books behind the dignified writer gave the statue a most undignified nickname.

Where Venice's gondolas go for a tune-up.

100 year tradition of fist fights, marked by marble footsteps.

This Arabesque Italian castle was built with a primitive, if ingenious, air-conditioning system.

"Stairs of the Turks", a chalky white cliff eroded conveniently into stairs, allowing for easy pillaging.

This building was designed to celebrate Italy's victory in World War I.

Spanish architects used seized Muslim gravestones to rebuild parts of the fortress.

The final resting place of the great navigator, or maybe his brother.

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

Three bridges and one giant canyon make up this fantastic Spanish settlement.

A Spanish town built into the cliffs.

Spain's unique Mosque-Cathedral has been a place of worship for both Muslims and Christians throughout its history.