Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

A statue representing a lost Roman profession that was vandalized for centuries.

Romans decided this 16th-century "talking statue" was so ugly, they named it after a primate.

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

One of seven Jewish catacombs in Rome and one of only two open to the public.

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

Some say this medieval church is where the poet Dante married his wife and also met the love of his life.

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

A medieval weapon rumored to have been used by the brilliant poet himself.

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

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

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

This private skyway is filled with art and was expanded explicitly so that Hitler could appreciate a river.

A copy of the famous statue can be found in this Florence piazza, along with one of the most breathtaking views of the city below.

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

The middle finger of modernity.

More than 450 years ago, an Italian nun became the first woman to paint the iconic subject.

This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.

An old-timey peepshow allows visitors to gawk at some of the world's most freakishly large footwear.

The tech giant built three enormous glass orbs in Seattle so employees could work inside a rainforest greenhouse.

This grand old 80-foot sequoia towers above the buildings in the city’s retail center.

The skull of the patron saint of lovers lies in the Basilica di Santa Maria in Cosmedin—maybe.

This eccentrically decorated palace is replete with grottoes, fountains, tunnels, and caves.

An ancient and majestic fortress that played an integral role in Portugal's road to independence.