Designed to resemble foreign architecture, this mosque-looking structure was used to pump water to a royal fountain.

Constructed along the shores of Lake Zurich, this pavilion is a walk-through work of art.

One of a series of no-purpose kinetic artworks by Swiss sculptor Jean Tinguely.

Milan's duomo is covered in beautiful carving including a curious "dinosaur-like" beast.

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

A brutalist gem towering over the heart of Milan.

This grisly effigy displays an early Christian martyr who was skinned alive and beheaded.

Two very green residential towers cleaning the air in one of Europe's most polluted cities.

Da Vinci's equestrian statue, 500 years in the making.

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

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.

This tiny chapel withstood a massive mudslide and flash flood.

This amazing medieval fortress stands atop a promontory along the famous Cinque Terre.

This former fascist summer camp was abandoned for decades.

Massive galleon from a box-office bomb docked in Genoa.

Once home to one of the oldest banks in the world, this building is also where Marco Polo's famous travelogue was written.

This cathedral hides a sculpted dog that determines your fate and an unexploded shell from World War II.

This peculiar Italian elevator runs both horizontally and vertically.

Ernest Hemingway was the first to sign this colorful wall covered in thousands of celebrity signatures.

This statue of the great Argentinian car driver is located near a famous curve of the Monaco Grand Prix.

Museum celebrating the ocean, with the largest wunderkammer dedicated to sea exploration.

This mosque was based on Sub-Saharan Islamic architecture and created for the Senegalese Tirailleurs.

Avant garde house of Pierre Cardin on the Cote d’Azur.

One architect's organic, human-centric design has been fully realized in this alien art house.