Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.

Those who own or stay at this 500-year-old, allegedly cursed house often meet terrible fates.

This palatial spiral staircase was so unusual the name "snail" was given to the noble family who built it.

This deconsecrated church has seen many uses, from a tobacco storehouse to a cinema.

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

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

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.

This fountain is dedicated to the workers who perished constructing the Fréjus Rail Tunnel.

When this funny little building went up in the 19th century, most people thought it would simply fall over.

A fake medieval village in the middle of Turin.

This modern museum of Mediterranean culture is surrounded by a surreal concrete honeycomb.

This garden houses the remains of the ancient Greek port of Marseille.

One of the few surviving street funiculars in the world.

The world's largest prehistoric copper mine had 30,000 animal bones scattered throughout the maze of passageways.

Western Europe's only representation of a Roman goddess still in its original location sits in an unassuming park.

Chester Cathedral is home to a unique painting crafted on a canvas of cobwebs.

The western face was supposedly left clock-less to snub the Welsh.

A mysterious demonic figure peers down from its perch within the gorgeous Chester Cathedral.

A rare wooden coffin set vertically into the Gothic arch of an ruined church.

Mysteriously stacked storefront paths give this medieval British town an iconic style like none other.

This demon atop the Notre-Dame de Paris looks utterly bored.

This bridge was constructed from the rubble of the infamous Bastille.

A series of abstract, silly sculptures represent the works of a great modern classical composer.