This wooden hotel is a temple to German sustainability and forest conservation.

Hamburgers are intensely proud of their tunnel beneath the river.

Remnants of an exploded schooner and wrecked submarines form a breakwater.

Once the tallest building in the world, this abandoned church is now a monument to the destruction of WWII.

The walls and streets of the ancient city are peppered with penises.

The oldest botanical garden in the world that technically isn't the oldest.

On the coast of Sardinia, a once-great mining village is finding new life as a coastal resort town.

A collection of grotesques lines the walls of this Italian villa.

The forbidden island of the Tuscan Archipelago may still contain buried treasure.

A medieval weapon rumored to have been used by the brilliant poet himself.

Geometry and mystery come together in an epic show of octagonal masonry.

A stunning bridge that appears as if it's lunging to the shore, and has a legend of a devilish architect.

The skulls and bones of thousands of soldiers line the walls of this small Italian chapel.

A fairytale-like medieval church perched atop a rocky cliff on Italy's "Coast of the Gods."

Crossing this suspension bridge feels like walking through the sky, a fitting tribute to the head of the Apollo program.

A volcanic old faithful, Stromboli has been erupting continuously for the last 2000 years.

A young Italian couple has been locked in an embrace for over 6,000 years.

Dramatic sea stacks adorn the coast of this small village on the Adriatic coast.

A fairy tale castle in modern Rome.

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.

Sitting on an Italian hilltop is this surreal fortress built by the mad inventor of electrohomeopathy.

The glowing blue Nymphaeum of Emperor Tiberius.

According to the local folklore, the myriad colors of this lake are the result of a lovelorn wizard's blunder.

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