When a massive landslide hit one of the world's tallest dams it created a tragic environmental disaster.

Castle and secret tunnel withstood a siege until its owner was killed by the Holy Roman Empire, while sitting on the toilet.

During World War II, this rice mill became a Nazi concentration camp.

This historic floating crane became an unlikely symbol of the port of Trieste.

Machismo turned on its head: the lady's hand goes to the dude with the bigger brain.

Destroyed numerous times, this centuries-old bridge has always been rebuilt with its original design.

Featuring the last fully walkable parapet walkway in Europe.

The world's oldest surviving anatomical theater, where "the dead are pleased to help the living."

The incorrupt tongue of the patron saint of lost things is venerated in this basilica.

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

One of the largest squares in Europe contains an entire artificial island.

This futuristic German television spire is actually the world's largest digital clock.

Twisted buildings adorn the banks of the Rhine river.

These delicate sand pyramids look like naturally occurring gothic spires.

The only museum with its curator—and her pets—buried inside.

An extensive collection of reliquaries containing the bones of saints housed in the largest Catholic church in Venice.

This Roman statue is missing a limb from when the Venetians stole it from Constantinople during the Crusades.

This palatial spiral staircase was so unusual the name "snail" was given to the noble family who built it.

100 year tradition of fist fights, marked by marble footsteps.

A new sculpture calls attention to climate change in the centuries-old city it threatens.

Hanging within this medieval church are the bones of a beast allegedly slain by a fourth-century saint.

The home of a neoclassical master is now a shrine to his chosen art style.

This artistic temple brings together multiple architecture styles, but is only an example of one.

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