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

A large statue of Pope Gregory XIII in Bologna was disguised as Saint Petronius to avoid destruction.

This building features dozens of faces along its facade, although one is a bit chilling.

One of the largest squares in Europe contains an entire artificial island.

It’s said this crypt was the setting for the tragic finale of the Shakespeare play.

This medieval castle was reconstructed by Carlo Scarpa.

Atop the former site of a historic bakery sit two stone tributes to Verona's contribution to traditional Italian baking.

Pilgrimage site for star-crossed lovers.

A whale rib was used to advertise the store by the arch that offered exotic goods from far away.

A gorgeous example of 13th-century Gothic architecture.

These elaborate gothic monuments honor Verona's medieval lords.

Not far from the more famous House of Juliet, visitors will find the supposed residence of her lover.

If you ever wanted to touch a medieval mercenary’s three testicles, look no further.

Explore the complex ecology of this multifaceted nature preserve by riverboat.

The site of a concentration camp where inmates were made to take part in one of the largest counterfeiting operations in history is now hauntingly empty.

For more than 170 years, this family-run bakery has been serving Berlin’s best Baumkuchen, or “tree cake.”

Hundreds of thousands of concrete bunkers crowd Albania long after the fall of Communism.

The largest Roman amphitheater in the Balkans once held over 20,000 people, but managed to lay hidden for hundreds of years.

Once the fallout shelter of a dictator, this sprawling bunker is now a combined history museum and contemporary art gallery.

What happens when you cross a mayor and a painter?

A museum dedicated to secret surveillance.

An Albanian monument to the Communism that nearly crushed the country is now a crumbling wreck.

Bronzes and busts that once stood in the city's main squares are now relegated to a small hidden courtyard.

Where a Japanese government official issued transit visas to Jews fleeing from Nazi-occupied Poland.