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

Secret refuge and museum of the Duke of Florence.

The famous sculptor left his mark on this Italian wall in an internationally protected example of street art.

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

Legend says this mysterious stone head belongs to a woman who was petrified by an alchemist.

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

A larger-than-life house of cards stands outside the house of a former fashion designer.

Da Vinci's equestrian statue, 500 years in the making.

A monument to the King's final show, complete with a time capsule.

Celebrating the history of Hangul, the Korean writing system invented by King Sejong to improve his realm’s literacy.

"The prettiest love letters in the world" ... or so said Lord Byron.

Where mountaineers were checked for lice before entering the city.

The city of Parma's cathedral is home to one of the greatest illusionistic frescoes of the Renaissance.

The memory of the ancient unit of measurement of local builders.

See what remains of a once grand ancient Roman circus.

The mark of the Devil's horns on a marble column in Milan.

Just across from the "Last Supper" painting is the famous painter's vineyard, a gift received for creating the masterpiece.

This replica of a 16th-century French settlement memorializes one of the earliest attempts at a European settlement in North America.

View Kentucky's beauty and history from the perspective of painter John James Audubon, author and illustrator.

On the side of a building, a depiction of the woman who became a local legend by tossing soup out her window.

An opulent monument built for a duke who donated his entire fortune to the city of Geneva.

The world's largest second-hand graces a clock surrounded by constantly changing flower beds. 

One of the most historical literary characters continues to stroll his hometown.

This stone in Lake Geneva was once the reference point used to determine altitude in Switzerland.