Commemorating a unique medieval profession: men who collected feces.

A statue beloved by—and named by—the local townsfolk it represents.

Final resting place of the humble physicist who discovered X-rays, and made the invisible visible.

A striking memorial recalls thousands of Bolognese men and women killed fighting fascists in World War II.

Over 100 towers were built in Bologna during the Middle Ages, but only 22 survive.

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

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

A beloved local artist has been honored with this statue of a man emerging from a toilet.

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

The grand complex of buildings that comprise Liverpool's Exchange Flags includes a vast World War II bunker that has been frozen in time.

Try not to get lost in this picturesque Brazilian labyrinth of the dead.

A 125-meter long "tribute to the Brazilian people."

The largest library in Latin America owes its existence to an Old World earthquake and a Napoleonic invasion.

Eduardo Kobra’s breathtaking 32,300-square-foot graffiti wall took over Rio’s Olympic Boulevard.

This massive Brazilian church is built like an angular, technicolor pyramid left by Mayans from the future.

Beautiful public park off the beaten path and away from tourists.

This stunning Brazilian library contains the largest collection of Portuguese texts outside of Portugal itself.

Crumbling remnant of Rio's colonial past tucked behind Corcovado mountain in the neighborhood of Cosme Velho.

Extremely famous in his native country, this Cracovian painter is all but unknown beyond Polish borders.

A memorial to the beloved brown bear that served in the Polish army during World War II.

Poland's oldest surviving university building holds a wealth of historic science instruments including some used by Copernicus.

This man-made mound monument was built out of soil from all across the Polish empire.

Real bones which are said to have belonged to a Polish dragon.

This Polish cave has housed a dragon, a brothel, and an enduring legend.