Drink wine handed out through a window as part of an age-old tradition.

The remains of an ancient Roman city are hidden underneath Bologna's beautiful public library.

The mummified relic of St. Catherine sits forever on a golden throne.

Over 100 towers were built in Bologna during the Middle Ages, but only 22 survive.

A small window on Via Piella offers a lovely and rare peek at Bologna's lost canals.

These medieval skyscrapers dominate the skyline of this small Tuscan town.

Renaissance villa and gardens complete with a tormented colossus.

The graveyard is filled with beautiful funerary art and boasts breathtaking views of Florence.

An incredible menagerie of more than 3 million taxidermied animals at the oldest science museum in Europe.

The oldest operating pharmacy in the world features 800-year-old recipes.

More than 450 years ago, an Italian nun became the first woman to paint the iconic subject.

The doodles of a genius line the walls of a secret room under the Medici Chapel, where they were hidden for nearly 500 years.

The middle finger of modernity.