Hidden in an Italian forest is a completely homemade amusement park that has taken a lifetime to create.

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

The spot where three Protestant clergymen were burned at the stake during the reign of "Bloody Mary."

The fantastic charm of England's oldest botanical garden has made it a place of writerly inspiration for centuries.

The beams of the New College, Oxford dining hall come with an amazing story.

An extraordinary collection of scientific instruments - and Einstein's chalkboard - inside the world's oldest purpose built museum building.

Hidden in plain sight, this creepy sculpture watches from above.

Used as an example in one of the first dictionary entries for "museum" in 1706.

A 26-foot shark sculpture—a statement about bombs—set off a municipal battle royale.

Home to the most complete dodo remains known - one head, and one foot.

Ancient Egyptian wigs, South American feather headdresses, a bounty of anthropological artifacts in Oxford.

J.R.R Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and other "Inklings" met at the Oxford pub to discuss the now legendary fantasy stories they were writing.

A striking memorial recalls thousands of Bolognese men and women killed fighting fascists in World War II.

Legend has it this fountain built to symbolize the Pope’s power hides a strange secret concerning Neptune's manliness.

A small window on Via Piella offers a lovely and rare peek at Bologna's lost canals.

One of a series of no-purpose kinetic artworks by Swiss sculptor Jean Tinguely.