A fake medieval village in the middle of Turin.

The astonishing collection of an infamous criminologist.

A sinister pyramid in the Frari contains the heart of the famous neoclassical sculptor.

It's good luck to be mocked by this monkey.

Overlooked by many, the two famous Scottish warriors guard the main gate of Edinburgh Castle.

The world's longest and deepest train tunnel.

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

Archduke Ferdinand II's collection of rare objects is considered one of the oldest museums in the world.

Swarovski's museum/theme park is a fake diamond fantasia overlooked by a giant.

This splendid tomb may look fantastic, but there's nothing in it...

The history of occult science is turned into a creepshow at this lurid Prague tourist attraction.

The palace window through which Protestant nobles flung two Catholic regents, thus sparking the Thirty Years' War.

The world's first experimental nutritionist is memorialized as the "Hippocrates of naval medicine."

Remnants of the 16th-century defensive wall still stand unassumingly within Edinburgh.

There are plenty of wonderful panoramic vistas in Edinburgh, but not many are hidden smack in the middle of the Old Town.

The fountain marks the area where hundreds of accused witches were burned at the stake.

The taxidermy remains of the first mammal ever cloned from an adult cell are on display in Edinburgh.

The 16th-century church has the only stained glass windows that survived the Scottish Reformation intact.

The "Little Ones," show Portugal in full miniature splendor.

This eccentrically decorated palace is replete with grottoes, fountains, tunnels, and caves.

Catering to broken dolls for almost 200 years, this repair shop is now a charnel house of doll parts.

A small window on Via Piella offers a lovely and rare peek at Bologna's lost canals.

Dramatic sea stacks adorn the coast of this small village on the Adriatic coast.

The only visible reminders of an elaborate engineering project that kept the tower from reaching the tipping point.