Unable to build support structures on glaciers, the engineers for this tramway were forced to design a unique system.

Trek up this glacier before it disappears.

An icy lake tucked among jaw-dropping alpine panoramas.

Enormous, fluffy dogs frolic around this museum dedicated to a legendary Saint Bernard.

Spiral alpine structure provides an alternative experience of viewing the Matterhorn.

The Sighignola summit on the Swiss border offers views so breathtaking it's been named one of the most beautiful places in Italy.

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

This camera store in Milan holds one of Europe’s largest collections of luxury-antique cameras.

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

The secret medieval communication system will whisk your words above the noise of the crowd.

Small on the outside, big on the inside, this church is an astonishing act of visual deception.

Milan's duomo is covered in beautiful carving including a curious "dinosaur-like" beast.

This grisly effigy displays an early Christian martyr who was skinned alive and beheaded.

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

Nestled in the heart of Milan is a real wunderkammer of morbid curiosities.

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

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 bomb-ravaged remains of of a colossal Neptune.

This amazing medieval fortress stands atop a promontory along the famous Cinque Terre.

A lover's walk between hilltop towns, decorated with graffiti love notes.

A local student's chance encounter with Keith Haring led to the creation of one of Europe's largest murals.

The first botanical garden, a feather in the cap of the Grand Duke of Tuscany.

Next to the Leaning Tower of Pisa is a cemetery home to ancient sarcophagi and disturbing murals.