An abandoned building that once tightened a power line that stretched across Messina Strait.

These ruins of a Phoenician sanctuary in Sicily have a dark history.

This entire town moved to a safe location after it was devastated by an earthquake, but the remains of the original town are still around.

A madman's personal garden filled with 1,000 sculpted heads.

Every inch of this chapel is covered in craftsmanship from across the world.

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

Only open for two days a year, this church links ancient Greek and modern Christian celebrations.

A rococo room covered entirely in porcelain originally constructed for another royal residence.

A hospital where antique dolls are given new life.

The remains of this ornate chapel now act as a portal to a cramped French cemetery.

The first modern cemetery of Lyon is complete with more than 200 chapels and monuments.

Europe's largest community of crocodiles and alligators.

Memorializing the bravery of one young woman facing the monster of her age.

The encased skull that is widely believed to belong to St. John the Baptist.

This oddly shaped church resembles a rocket.

Ancient catacombs form the foundation for this Rococo orgy of a church.

A whimsical brother of the nearby Fallen Angel statue takes the falling part quite literally.

Replicas of fossils unearthed during renovation work reveal how this area would have looked millions of years ago.

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

This star-shaped military outpost is now simply trying to protect itself from neglect.

The walls of this small village have been turned into a living street art gallery.

This little-known national museum houses over 40,000 works of art from across the world.

A contemporary art installation housed within a Gothic cathedral.

This small and often-overlooked museum holds some of Spain's finest artistic treasures.