Despite attempts by local police to discourage it, Beatles-inspired graffiti has been a means for artists to air grievances for decades.

The risqué mixed-media sculptures are supposedly a metaphor for Czech politics.

A bust of Franz Kafka spins in pieces, reflecting the writer's inner torment.

This tipsy office building in downtown Prague was originally called “Fred and Ginger.”

What looks like a suicide in progress is actually a statue of Sigmund Freud.

Around 100,000 bodies are buried below the medieval headstones, many of which mark graves with multiple bodies stacked up to 12 deep.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

An extraordinary collection of 18th century anatomical waxworks.

An Italian geologic wonder that served as the inspiration for the landscape of Dante's hell.

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

The remains of an ancient Roman city are hidden underneath Bologna's beautiful public library.

Legend has it this fountain built to symbolize the Pope’s power hides a strange secret concerning Neptune's manliness.

Italy's curious field of mud volcanoes is named for being both gross AND salty.

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

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