Filled with goldfish swimming in a shallow pool of sea water, this ancient crypt is more wishing well than burial site.

A diverse collection of wax, bone, papier-maché and mummified relics.

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

Pilgrimage site for star-crossed lovers.

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

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

This strange bovine gargoyle is said to have been put in as a passive aggressive form of revenge.

This bronze boar's snout has been rubbed to a golden sheen by visitors seeking good fortune.

The largest and most famous wax anatomical collection anywhere in the world.

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

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.

The doodles of a genius line the walls of a secret room under the Medici Chapel, where they were hidden for nearly 500 years.

A lover's walk between hilltop towns, decorated with graffiti love notes.

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.

The bomb-ravaged remains of of a colossal Neptune.

Massive galleon from a box-office bomb docked in Genoa.

A stunning cemetery famous for its extraordinarily delicate & lifelike mourning sculptures.

Fortified medieval tower house with lovely roof garden.

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

These gutted monastery ruins still stand proudly in the middle of the Italian countryside.

Water and windows define this defensive Italian well.

This immaculate and historic water garden culminates in a massive stone dining table with an inset fountain for chilling the wine of the Cardinal's guests.