The small peaceful island off the Venice tourist circuit is where the city began more than 1,500 years ago.

The marble facade hides a little-known medical museum with early surgical instruments and rare copies of canonical texts.

Thousand-year-old Viking runes adorn an ancient Greek lion at the entrance to the Venetian Arsenal.

Those who own or stay at this 500-year-old, allegedly cursed house often meet terrible fates.

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

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

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

As can be expected from a centuries old church built in a canal city, the undercroft of this house of worship is beautifully flooded.

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

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

Budapest's Communist-era statues, banished to the suburbs.

This statue honors one of Budapest's most beloved literary characters.

A much-loved sculpture depicting the hero of a 1956 anti-Soviet uprising.

A relic of World War I that now exist as a piece of public art.

The romantic garden was the epicenter of the Hungarian art scene in the 1880s.

In the middle of a Vienna square, Roman ruins dating back some 2,000 years are on display.

A gift from Emperor Franz Joseph I to his wife.

Vienna's giant wonder wheel had a starring role in one of the greatest noir movies of all time.

The true meaning behind this sculpture remains unknown.

A fake Transylvanian castle houses a cathedral of antlers.

Take a hike to this unique rock formation formed by lava flows.

A diminutive statue that was inspired by the sculptor's own daughter.

This castle was designed to have as many windows as there are days in the year.

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