Renaissance villa and gardens complete with a tormented colossus.

Famed architect Antoni Gaudi built this generous thank you gift to a friendly host who housed him during a job.

An exquisite tunnel of cascading flowers.

This immaculate and historic water garden culminates in a massive stone dining table with an inset fountain for chilling the wine of the Cardinal's guests.

Two New York rooftops are home to the largest rooftop soil farms in the world.

Seventeen oak trees sprout from the roof and walls of this tiny chapel without any visual evidence of roots.

A complex and beautiful system of rice terraces covers a million acres over the mountains.

The sign at the garden gate reads: "These Plants Can Kill."

Ruins of a once-opulent grand Victorian resort.

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

Roman ruins top white travertine terraces formed by ancient hot springs.

Some of the clearest water anywhere in the world.

An ossuary built in 1210 to collect bones from the Ospedale Maggiore of Milan.

A stunning cemetery famous for its extraordinarily delicate & lifelike mourning sculptures.

Ham is serious business at the Prosciutto Museum-Serious, delicious business.

The bomb-ravaged remains of of a colossal Neptune.

A cave dwelling that was started by the Celts, expanded by monks, and finished by knights.

Vaucanson's most famous automaton, brought back to life.

The fantastic architectural models of a French traveler.

A tiled, multi-level garden of survival in Lyon.

Monsters and miniatures are held in equal esteem at this wondrous museum.

Hundreds of hidden passageways weave through the old quarters of Lyon.

An art world insider finds himself battling for his artistic home.

One of the greatest maze designer’s greatest mazes.