This giant wire frame man sculpture is crouched in contemplation.

A magnificent winding road through a steep valley, with deep natural caverns at the bottom

The tradition of using flowers to decorate wells is once again thriving in England.

The Renaissance-era courthouse is a relic from the fortified town's centuries of Venetian rule.

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

The nearly 200-year-old folly has a secret spiral staircase hidden in one of its pillars.

The palace window through which Protestant nobles flung two Catholic regents, thus sparking the Thirty Years' War.

Locals spent years successfully fighting to save this beloved Brutalist behemoth from demolition.

A copy of the famous statue can be found in this Florence piazza, along with one of the most breathtaking views of the city below.

This picturesque horseshoe weir was first built in the 1600s to prevent flooding in the town of Bath.

An eerie, existential museum dedicated to the author of "The Metamorphosis."

A surreal statue honoring Prague's favorite literary son.

The slender brass strip in Prague's Old Town Square was used to tell time from 1652 to 1918.

A series of abstract, silly sculptures represent the works of a great modern classical composer.

A curious little museum dedicated to the furry feline in the cat haven that is Old Town Kotor.

This charming English house was once the home of England's most famous poet.

The ancient mosaics here are considered among the finest in the world, and serve as a stunning record of Greco-Roman daily life.

The oldest operating pharmacy in the world features 800-year-old recipes.

In Florence's great Duomo, a 26 foot fresco honors a mercenary famous for attacking Florence.

This strange bovine gargoyle is said to have been put in as a passive aggressive form of revenge.

Renaissance hospital featuring a rotating door into which unwanted babies were dropped.

The famous sculptor left his mark on this Italian wall in an internationally protected example of street art.

Secret refuge and museum of the Duke of Florence.

Over 50 exquisite hand-painted Renaissance maps decorate a Medici storage room.