Hundreds of thousands of concrete bunkers crowd Albania long after the fall of Communism.

An Albanian monument to the Communism that nearly crushed the country is now a crumbling wreck.

A medieval bridge stretches over a sulfur-rich river that leads to year-round natural hot springs.

A naturally beautiful, seemingly bottomless deep blue spring.

These pools have been abandoned for over 20 years.

Those who own or stay at this 500-year-old, allegedly cursed house often meet terrible fates.

A new sculpture calls attention to climate change in the centuries-old city it threatens.

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

A small island less than half a mile from Venice is a forbidden island with a dark and twisted past.

The oldest of Venice's plague quarantine stations, designed to keep the medieval city safe from disease.

Venice's "Island of the Mad."

This abandoned island off the Venetian coast has been a radical monastery, a political prison, and a secret Nazi base.

The plague quarantine island home to the alleged "Vampire of Venice."

This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.

The small peaceful island off the Venice tourist circuit is where the city began more than 1,500 years ago.

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

A rambling museum which honors the beauty in everyday objects.

The bomb-ravaged remains of of a colossal Neptune.

This centuries-old Italian chapel hangs midway down a sheer cliffside.

The mark of the Devil's horns on a marble column in Milan.

This giant middle finger statue sends an unambiguous message to Italy's bankers.

Hundreds of stone stairs and a winding medieval bridge connect this haunting Spanish island to the mainland.

An ancient Egyptian temple in the middle of Madrid, Spain.

Stuck in the middle of a modern Madrid city block are the remains of a 19th century sports complex.