This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

An alchemist's "magic door" stands in the middle of a Roman park.

A master of trompe-l'oeil creates a stunning, tourist-fooling dome out of a flat ceiling.

Rome's semi-secret peephole vista is also a former Crusader stronghold.

A submerged archeological park still holds the wonders of a Roman Sodom.

This hidden Art Nouveau courtyard is an opulent feast for the eyes.

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

Architectureal fantasy quarter of Rome.

A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.

Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.

The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."

An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.

Fall down the rabbit hole into a surreal journey of human consciousness "from ass to soul."

Dine at a legendary after-hours joint frequented by David Bowie and Iggy Pop.

The site where a plot to assassinate Hitler was planned—and its conspirators were executed—is now a powerful memorial to the German resistance during World War II.

This monumental work of art symbolizes the coming together of a previously divided city.

An imperial church bombed to ruins during WWII now stands as a jagged memorial.

Taste freshly foraged yarrow and black locust blossoms at this ambitious cocktail bar.

Concerts, art, offices, and a café in what used to be Berlin's first crematorium.

One of the oldest cemeteries in Germany was originally used for victims of a cholera epidemic.

An old tram depot transformed into a vintage car paradise.

A towering monument to war, located on a beautifully peaceful hill.

This obscene artwork on the side of a newspaper office pokes fun at a rival paper's former editor-in-chief.