Tiny memorials honor individual victims of the Holocaust.

This curious sculpture represents the perseverance needed to take to the skies.

Cold war icon and onetime "hole" in the iron curtain.

This water-tower-turned-high-end-apartment building was once the site of an early Nazi concentration camp.

Visitors can explore the role of mysticism throughout the ages inside this interactive museum of magic.

On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.

A fascinating insight into daily life in the Eastern Bloc.

Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.

The most visited, and possibly most controversial, museum in Germany.

Inside the small garden of two mid-century apartment buildings stands a centuries-old bell tower, separated from its original church and hidden from view.

One of the oldest and most significant collections of Ancient Egyptian archeology outside of Egypt.

A hidden bas-relief of a hare on a church main portal that brings good luck to the ones who find it.

The remains of the last Gonzaga villa, a luxurious palace built in spite of an economic crisis.

In Lago Superiore, the largest expanse of lotus flowers outside of Asia is hard to miss.

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.

This decoration above a door, an unofficial family crest, is said to come alive during the night to try to get free of the stone.

Once the hunting reserve of a noble family, this is one of the few remnants of Pleistocene planitial forest in northern Italy that still stands.

In a tower at this centuries-old castle, members of a noble family were imprisoned and left to starve.

A monumental fountain in Rome features a large statue of Moses that has been criticized for centuries.

The ruins of the largest gladiatorial school in Rome are largely hidden under modern streets.

A sculpture serving as an homage to Pope John Paul II.

This curious, round temple is the oldest still-standing marble building in Rome.

This ancient market is often referred to as the oldest shopping mall in the world.