Artistic tombs, monuments, and a beautiful "Hall of Fame" lurk inside this cemetery.

The enigmatic sculpture hides above an escalator in a Milan metro station.

Remnants of cone-shaped fascist bomb shelters in Milan.

An ancient artistic garden parlor full of hidden water wonders.

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

A once-luxurious, now abandoned hotel in the Italian Alps.

The Sighignola summit on the Swiss border offers views so breathtaking it's been named one of the most beautiful places in Italy.

Old batteries and frog skeletons reside in this lakeside monument to Alessandro Volta.

This grisly effigy displays an early Christian martyr who was skinned alive and beheaded.

This museum promotes informed contraception by documenting its often secret past.

In a long-dry lake bed, these groups of massive stone pillars bear a striking resemblance to clumps of everyone's favorite fungi.

Outstanding, eerie frescoes and decorations fill this 19th-century monastery.

A gigantic statue of a Russian soldier watches over the ancient city of Plovdiv, a prominent reminder of the Soviet period in Bulgaria.

Mysterious standing stone formations looks like a petrified forest.

The remarkably well-preserved final resting place of a powerful ancient Thracian king.

This ancient theater, restored in the 20th century, lives on as a venue for dramatic and musical performances.

A collection of art from Bulgaria's time as a communist state.

A Milanese café entirely designed by the American director Wes Anderson.

The skull of the patron saint of lovers lies in the Basilica di Santa Maria in Cosmedin—maybe.

At the crypt of St. Mary of Eulogies and the Dead you are left alone to ponder mortality among piles of skulls.

A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.

Vast network of air raid tunnels beneath Lombardy's capital.

One of the world’s smallest bars, just 13 square feet, is brimming with speakeasy flair.