Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.

Geothermal waterfalls in Tuscany.

The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.

A medieval weapon rumored to have been used by the brilliant poet himself.

This Italian stadium makes liberal use of fascist statuary to evoke classical sporting arenas.

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

A memorial to the nearly 10,000 American soldiers laid to rest on the beaches of Normandy during WWII.

Danish tourist destination well known for open stalls where vendors sell marijuana on the street.

The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.

Sweden's "good old days" painstakingly re-created in a model village.

It houses the remains of a 17th-century version of the Titanic.

Stockholm's decidedly unique public transit system has doubled as the world's longest art gallery for decades.

A 250-year-old timepiece-automaton adorned with golden mechanical birds, which still sing to this day.

The Guardian of Tallinn.

This irregularly shaped sea fortress has defended not one but three different sovereign states.

This insurance company building reminds customers that witches, bears, and gnomes are out there, best be insured.

An abstract monument to a symphonic composer.

A subterranean house of worship carved right out of the bedrock.

Architecturally stunning library serves as the hub of Finnish scholarly life and culture.

A domed disco abandoned since the '70s now attracts artists and explorers under its unique roof.

A dilapidated psychiatric facility on the outskirts of Milan where electroconvulsive therapy was developed and Napoleon once lived.

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

This ritzy Italian market is built around a statue of an unforgiven heretic who was burned for his belief in an endless universe.