Fortified medieval tower house with lovely roof garden.

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

The burial place of an obscure North African saint was turned into a macabre body preservation factory for the 17th-century Neapolitan elite.

The first botanical garden, a feather in the cap of the Grand Duke of Tuscany.

In the world's oldest university is a stunning 17th century anatomical theater carved from spruce.

Behind medieval walls in a corner of bustling Palermo is a breathtaking former mosque once inhabited by a wolf-taming hermit.

Nestled in the hills of Tuscany are gorgeous, multicolored hot springs.

In a city that boasts four separate inclined cable railways, this is one of the busiest funicular lines in the world.

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

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

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

A slightly creepy gallery of plaster cast models in the same museum as Michelangelo's David.

Water and windows define this defensive Italian well.

An amazing collection of wax anatomical models and terratological models.

Machismo turned on its head: the lady's hand goes to the dude with the bigger brain.

Thousand-year-old Viking runes adorn an ancient Greek lion at the entrance to the Venetian Arsenal.

Those who own or stay at this 500-year-old, allegedly cursed house often meet terrible fates.

Milan's duomo is covered in beautiful carving including a curious "dinosaur-like" beast.

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

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

The giant skeleton sculpture is surprisingly well-traveled.

This mosaic-lined medieval church was built by the world's first admiral and still holds mass in ancient Greek.

Italian cave with exceptional acoustics and an unsavory history.

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