This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

A large grotto built in the 16th century amidst Florence's famous Boboli gardens.

In Florence's great Duomo, a 26 foot fresco honors a mercenary famous for attacking Florence.

One of Catholicism's four major basilicas has a series of papal portraits that are said to predict the end of the world.

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

Museum dedicated to literary greats of the Romantic Period is also the home in which Keats met his untimely end.

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

The final resting place of the poets Shelley and Keats.

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

Architectureal fantasy quarter of Rome.

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

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

Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.

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

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

The only museum with its curator—and her pets—buried inside.