Over 50 exquisite hand-painted Renaissance maps decorate a Medici storage room.

Every day is like Christmas on this street where the traditional Neapolitan nativity scene comes to life.

This shining multicolored metro station deep under Naples is said to be the most beautiful in Europe.

The middle finger of modernity.

This ritzy Italian market is built around a statue of an unforgiven heretic who was burned for his belief in an endless universe.

2300-year-old Roman road connecting the empire.

Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.

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

The final resting place of the poets Shelley and Keats.

The only "Egyptian" pyramid in Europe and the legendary tomb of Remus.

This small church was constructed over the ruins of three temples dating to the Roman Republic.

Rome's semi-secret peephole vista is also a former Crusader stronghold.

An ancient Egyptian temple in the middle of Madrid, Spain.

Holy Grotto of Montserrat Monastery holds one of Europe's mysterious black Madonnas.

A vista of the city and sea from atop the little-known viewing deck on an unassuming Columbus statue.

A statue of a boy looks up at where the famous rival to the Leaning Tower of Pisa once stood.

These fly sculptures are scattered around the city and represent the patron saint of Girona.

The 2,000-year-old Roman columns are hidden within Barcelona's Gothic Quarter.

The oldest giants in Catalonia are now displayed in a 14th-century Gothic church.

This cafe offers a curated collection of treats and tipples made by monks and nuns.

Saint Joseph was said to heal the deaf and blind, but it was a much smaller miracle that got him canonized.

Construction of Barcelona's iconic (but controversial) church is expected to be completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.

This semi-secret storybook hedge maze is also the oldest garden in the city.

A legendary tree towers within its own vibrant sanctuary.