A master of trompe-l'oeil creates a stunning, tourist-fooling dome out of a flat ceiling.

Renaissance villa and gardens complete with a tormented colossus.

Architectureal fantasy quarter of Rome.

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

An alchemist's "magic door" stands in the middle of a Roman park.

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

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

A submerged archeological park still holds the wonders of a Roman Sodom.

An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.

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

Explore the subjective dream of a hotel.

A communal oasis on Lake Zurich.

Florentine Renaissance style building in Switzerland, home to the world's largest taxidermy Great White Shark.

A symbol of friendship between the mountainous regions of Switzerland and Bhutan.

A once-thriving hotel in the Swiss Alps couldn't compete with climate change.

Traversing steep Alpine slopes, this engineering marvel is one of the longest and highest funiculars in the world.

This 170-year-old Swiss guesthouse built into the side of a mountain is best accessed by a cable car.

This is not only one of the oldest collections in Europe, but also possibly the most beautiful.

Caves famous for the dragon-slaying saint who lived there.

This amazing pedestrian suspension bridge in the Swiss Alps would give Indiana Jones nightmares.

This lovely little bridge hidden in a Switzerland gorge is essentially a fairytale.

This memorial commemorating fallen Swiss Guards of the French Revolution has been called the saddest stone in the world.

These spooky and unusual stone formations create an underworldly landscape.

The tallest outdoor elevator in Europe rockets passengers on a dizzyingly precarious ride to the top of a mountain.