The bones of some 7,000 soldiers killed in the historic Battle of Solferino are stored here.

A small villa said to have inspired the design of the court jester at the heart of Giuseppe Verdi's 1851 opera.

The seat of the Mantua bishop holds many secrets within its walls.

A medieval tower with a suspended iron cage used as an open-air jail for criminals who were exposed as a warning.

A room filled with frescos that make it seem like the walls are crumbling down while giants die in despair.

An architectural oddity where the triglyphs of the courtyard of walls create an optical illusion.

An abandoned pasta factory in the centre of Bucharest, once home to Bulgarian revolutionaries and a hub of crime.

Musings of an artist carved into a rural stonewall.

A little-known, yet charming glacial lagoon.

This abandoned IDGZ station was one of 49 troposcatter stations in the NATO ACE High network.

A neglected spomenik overlooking the beautiful Kopaonik Mountains.

The walls of this tiny Italian church are entirely covered with frescoes.

An unfinished Serbian Orthodox church with 1,389 golden crosses planned to represent the Battle of Kosovo.

Memorial to the victims of the Holocaust in Serbia.

Two whaling vessels that were sunk by an anti-whaling organization in 1986 now sit on the shore of this beautiful fjord.

This Khmer temple is named after a young woman who sacrificed herself to protect the city from a disastrous deluge.

One of the largest mud-brick structures in the world.

Remnants from a time before electricity.

What was once believed to be a church floor turned out to be the artwork of geology.

An unusual building on a "desolate hill" features the works of an Icelandic sculptor.

A popular Icelandic children's story comes to life inside this cave.

This cozy little museum is a journey through the history of Mongolia’s capital.

Established hundreds of years ago, Gandan remains the premier Buddhist monastery in Ulaanbaatar.

This natural Icelandic fissure allows divers to swim right between two volatile tectonic plates.