Not quite the menace it once was, this monster still has some chops.

Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.

A 20-meter (65-foot) robot towers over Tokyo Bay.

This little replica of Lady Liberty provides a bit of NYC in a Japanese city.

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

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.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

This historic building housed the surviving crew members of the Titanic, who were left destitute after the wreck.

Rummage through this sunken ship, but leave your scuba gear at home.

The cell which saved the life of Ludger Sylbaris, "the man who lived through Doomsday."

Windblown rock formations in an ancient Roman quarry.

This cliff-face port is considered a masterpiece of mining engineering.

This triumphal 16th-century arched gateway leads to the oldest street in Palermo.

Every inch of this chapel is covered in craftsmanship from across the world.

Why a column on the entrance is inscribed with a verse from the Quran is one of Sicily's many mysteries.

"Stairs of the Turks", a chalky white cliff eroded conveniently into stairs, allowing for easy pillaging.

Italian cave with exceptional acoustics and an unsavory history.

A mysterious ancient elephant said to possess magic powers is now the symbol of a Sicilian city.

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

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

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

Thousand-year-old Viking runes adorn an ancient Greek lion at the entrance to the Venetian Arsenal.

Next to the Leaning Tower of Pisa is a cemetery home to ancient sarcophagi and disturbing murals.