This enchanting 600-year-old tree is so magical it inspired the beloved tale of Pinocchio.

A small town hallucinates en masse - Bad bread, or CIA science project?

Long-abandoned art nouveau baths beneath Milan's Piazza Oberdan.

This giant middle finger statue sends an unambiguous message to Italy's bankers.

A Milanese café entirely designed by the American director Wes Anderson.

The mental institution where Van Gogh created some of his most famous work now allows guests to walk in the artist's footsteps.

Even France's favorite aquatic son Jacques Cousteau, couldn't get to the bottom of it.

A lover's walk between hilltop towns, decorated with graffiti love notes.

An often-shuddersome journey into a low-tech, robotic themepark.

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.

Eco-village hidden in the foothills of the Alps that created a massive system of psychedelic underground temples.

Balconies that have a most unusual accent.

An abandoned village, frozen in time by the threat of a landslide.

A sunken idol welcomes parishioners to Davy Jones' Locker.

Europe's simulation of the Martian surface uses soil from Mount Vesuvius.

The world's first underwater farm is home to more than 700 plants.

Giant, pink stuffed rabbit on an Italian mountain.

The location of the last witch trials of Italy, known as "The Salem of Europe."

This top-secret nuclear bunker hidden in a Bosnian mountain has been converted to a modern art exhibition space.

This Italian dam is covered in salt-hungry goats who manage to scale its almost vertical face.

Traversing steep Alpine slopes, this engineering marvel is one of the longest and highest funiculars in the world.

A Swiss amusement park entirely dedicated to the theory of ancient astronauts.

The glowing blue Nymphaeum of Emperor Tiberius.

Every day is like Christmas on this street where the traditional Neapolitan nativity scene comes to life.