Touching this little fossil embedded in the wall of a grand mosque-cathedral may make your wishes come true.

"The prettiest love letters in the world" ... or so said Lord Byron.

The mark of the Devil's horns on a marble column in Milan.

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

Memorials at a Florence railway station remember the citizens who were deported from Italy and sent to extermination camps.

This bronze boar's snout has been rubbed to a golden sheen by visitors seeking good fortune.

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

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

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

In the past, Renaissance sex workers were encouraged to entice customers on this bridge.

Stare out over the lagoon and beyond from this 10th-century campanile on the island where the city of Venice began.

The small peaceful island off the Venice tourist circuit is where the city began more than 1,500 years ago.

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.

A World War II evacuation tunnel turned into a history display of Croatian state and people.

This 135-year-old weather station studied the effects of the climate on human health.

Where the lovelorn find a home for their sentimental keepsakes.

This fountain is dedicated to the workers who perished constructing the Fréjus Rail Tunnel.

The intricate geometry inside this Baroque-style dome was designed to create "terror of the human soul."

This poignant art installation raises awareness of violence against women.

Launched by Napoleon's soldiers more than 200 years ago, a cannonball remains embedded in the tower wall.

A sculpture of a beloved local figure, who tipped his top hat to everyone he passed on the streets of Bratislava.

An ode to a soldier who came to town, fell in love, then began making his own sparkling wine.

This Slovakian statue of an emerging sewer worker might just be a bronze peeping tom.