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

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

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

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.

An amazing collection of wax anatomical models and terratological models.

Time has been frozen at this station since the bombing in 1980—or so it was believed.

This building features dozens of faces along its facade, although one is a bit chilling.

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

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

Once known for its horse-powered knife sharpening, this 200-year-old shop offers an array of blades and hard-to-find culinary tools.

A large statue of Pope Gregory XIII in Bologna was disguised as Saint Petronius to avoid destruction.

A striking memorial recalls thousands of Bolognese men and women killed fighting fascists in World War II.

A beloved local artist has been honored with this statue of a man emerging from a toilet.

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

Bask in the 19th century grandeur of an eccentric Freemason millionaire's private gardens.

A once-secret library of Freemason history in Catalonia.