Staves, storm-calling, and of course, necropants.

Water and windows define this defensive Italian well.

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

A new sculpture calls attention to climate change in the centuries-old city it threatens.

Stare out over the lagoon and beyond from this 10th-century campanile on the island where the city of Venice began.

The small peaceful island off the Venice tourist circuit is where the city began more than 1,500 years ago.

100 year tradition of fist fights, marked by marble footsteps.

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.

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

Medieval torture techniques with a modern conscience.

A dismembered holy head stares out from her beautiful reliquary at the St. Dominic Basilica.

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

The middle finger of modernity.

The "Greatest Sewer" of ancient Rome is one of the oldest sewer systems in the world, and is still in use.

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

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

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."

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

Pluto is still considered a planet in Ithaca, New York.

A six-story treehouse offers spectacular views of New York's Finger Lakes region.

Century-old shop, specializing in Occult products.

These medicine cabinet staples are part of the museum's collection of everyday objects.