Stuck in the arcade of Casa Isolani are three arrows of mysterious origins.

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

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.

The remains of an ancient Roman city are hidden underneath Bologna's beautiful public library.

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

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

Eco-village hidden in the foothills of the Alps that created a massive system of psychedelic underground temples.

One of the world’s smallest bars, just 13 square feet, is brimming with speakeasy flair.

A Milanese café entirely designed by the American director Wes Anderson.

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

Giant, pink stuffed rabbit on an Italian mountain.

Pilgrimage site for star-crossed lovers.

This giant middle finger statue sends an unambiguous message to Italy's bankers.

This 16th-century monastery has been turned into a surrealist architecture compound.

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.

An ossuary built in 1210 to collect bones from the Ospedale Maggiore of Milan.

Sitting on an Italian hilltop is this surreal fortress built by the mad inventor of electrohomeopathy.

The cave where two British judges hid in exile after sentencing the king to death.

Six peaceful acres in a residential neighborhood dedicated to art and peace.

Unrepaired walls from a 1920 anarchist bomb attack.

A hidden architectural treasure in New York's Brooklyn.

More gold than anywhere else, ever.

Once the tallest building in the world and the site of "the highest dinner ever held in New York" this building now holds the most expensive penthouse in the city.