This amazingly preserved Doric temple was abandoned before it was ever completed.

Leveled by an earthquake, this Italian village is now preserved as a massive concrete art project.

One man's exploration of the human form, including the bizarre and delightful "Man Attacked by Babies."

The design of this beautifully crafted building was inspired by Norwegian glaciers.

This floating sculpture of ice is a poignant reminder of nature's power.

This sculpture of a rhinoceros suspended above a city square is meant to evoke the weight of the human condition.

This uniquely designed bridge served as the city gate for Comacchio.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Tucked away near more famous landmarks lies a statue meant to symbolize the confluence and continuing development of human culture.

The surviving remnants of a destroyed medieval church now stand in a public park.

Two large posteriors in one giant statue.

Natural stone arches form a walkable "cathedral" at low tide, then disappear entirely when the water returns.

This humble bench is considered the most beautiful in the world.

Giant granite sculptures representing family on the northern coast of Spain.

The oldest Roman lighthouse still in use.

The oldest operating roller coaster of its kind, the Montaña Suiza has been thrilling riders since 1928.

Abandoned blockhouses from Nazi Germany's Atlantic Wall erode into the sea on a French beach.

Winston Churchill painted this lake during his stay Woolsack Castle in the Landes forest.

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