Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

What looks like a link in Gondor's early warning system is actually a centuries-old Italian fortress.

This house's itty bitty size means no humans allowed.

This French colonial post office is arguably the grandest in all of Southeast Asia.

Ho Chi Minh's perfectly preserved body has been on display here since 1975.

This bridge is embedded with a giant steel dragon that breathes fire from its mouth.

An extravagant monument to an extravagantly unpopular Emperor.

Twice a day a speeding train passes only inches from the homes of this residential neighborhood.

The old observatory in Copenhagen has a spiral corridor used as a racetrack.

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.

An incredible menagerie of more than 3 million taxidermied animals at the oldest science museum in Europe.

Secret refuge and museum of the Duke of Florence.

Centuries ago, red and white wine poured from the statue's breasts whenever a new Venetian ruler was elected.

This shining multicolored metro station deep under Naples is said to be the most beautiful in Europe.

Dug as a secret royal escape route, the tunnel became a wartime bomb shelter and dumping ground for vintage cars.

A labyrinth of ancient tunnels hidden below the city holds the ruins of 2,500 years of history.

Skulls from the plague of 1656 and World War II bombings are united by a cult dedicated to caring for the ancient dead.

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

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

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

This beautiful 150-year-old synagogue survived Italy's fascist period and the Second World War.

This ultra-modern burial building would have stacked the dead like a giant filing cabinet.

People have been living in the cave houses on this Italian hillside since the Neolithic era.