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

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

A sinister pyramid in the Frari contains the heart of the famous neoclassical sculptor.

According to tradition this is the oldest church in Venice, but its actual age is a mystery.

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

Venice's island of the dead.

This lurid German fountain plots the sad course of marriage from dating to death.

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

One Portuguese poet described this cape, the westernmost point in mainland Europe, as "where the land ends and the sea begins."

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

Legacy of the earthquake that nearly wiped Lisbon off the face of the Earth.

A once-luxurious, now abandoned hotel in the Italian Alps.

One of the largest caves in the world open to the public.

The only museum with its curator—and her pets—buried inside.

The burial place of an obscure North African saint was turned into a macabre body preservation factory for the 17th-century Neapolitan elite.

The once forbidden "secret cabinet" of erotic art from excavations of Pompeii and Herculaneum.

This church carved into the rocks is full of enchanting stone statues.

A bright little alley in La Boca is a part of tango history.

Buenos Aires' city of the dead contains some very famous remains, including Eva Perón.

A brightly colored natural bridge formed by mineral-rich hot springs high up in the Andes.

Bordered by forest on three sides and the ocean on the other, the Great Dune of Pilat is the highest sand dune in Europe.

Walk 2,300 feet above the ground on the "Troll's Tongue."

Three columns of volcanic rock shoot out of the ocean.

Take respite inside this jaw-dropping church while climbing the volcano where Georgia's Prometheus was once chained.