"The prettiest love letters in the world" ... or so said Lord Byron.

A space dedicated to contemporary art and culture, co-chaired by fashion icon Miuccia Prada.

Small on the outside, big on the inside, this church is an astonishing act of visual deception.

Just across from the "Last Supper" painting is the famous painter's vineyard, a gift received for creating the masterpiece.

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

The secret medieval communication system will whisk your words above the noise of the crowd.

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

One of the world’s smallest bars, just 13 square feet, is brimming with speakeasy flair.

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

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

Beneath the impressive baroque cathedral that rises from the center of Berlin lies the largest collection of Prussian royals in the world.

A museum dedicated to one of Paris’s most famous residents, tucked into a corner of one of the city’s most famous squares.

A museum dedicated to linguistics, from how babies learn to talk to endangered and extinct languages.

A secret hatch containing two parchments was discovered in this statue over 40 years after its installation.

Roman-era ships unearthed...

Electrical curiosity museum housed in an old transformer station.

A giant glider—designed by the father of the Rubik's Cube's designer—now soars within a shopping mall.

The Hungarian biochemist whose research helped develop mRNA-based vaccines for Covid-19.

On Gellért Hill, this statue depicts the tragic tale of lovers divided by the Danube.

A statue in Budapest's Liberty Square honors the former U.S. president's efforts to end the Cold War.

The world’s first statue of the late Apple co-founder.

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

This sturdy, circular stronghold served as one of the forts that protected the Venetian Lagoon.

An island on the Venetian Lagoon hosts this stone chair that has nothing to do with the King of the Huns.