Legend says this mysterious stone head belongs to a woman who was petrified by an alchemist.

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

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

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

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

Once home to one of the oldest banks in the world, this building is also where Marco Polo's famous travelogue was written.

This peculiar Italian elevator runs both horizontally and vertically.

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

This cathedral hides a sculpted dog that determines your fate and an unexploded shell from World War II.

Where mountaineers were checked for lice before entering the city.

A sculpture in memory of a homeless man much loved by the city of Parma.

The memory of the ancient unit of measurement of local builders.

Ham is serious business at the Prosciutto Museum-Serious, delicious business.

The world's largest bamboo labyrinth is a living demonstration of the plant’s immense potential.

This Italian stadium makes liberal use of fascist statuary to evoke classical sporting arenas.

A detailed pachyderm supports Rome's smallest Egyptian obelisk.

The studio built by fascists in the hopes of "reviving the film industry" with the occasional propaganda film opportunity thrown in.

The spot where the fascist dictator made some of his most famous speeches including declaring war on Britain and France.

Inside this McDonald's you can dine on your Big Mac and fries next to a 2,500-year-old Roman wall.

This ritzy Italian market is built around a statue of an unforgiven heretic who was burned for his belief in an endless universe.

Architectural monsters are devouring this palace's every door and window.

The only "Egyptian" pyramid in Europe and the legendary tomb of Remus.

A master of trompe-l'oeil creates a stunning, tourist-fooling dome out of a flat ceiling.

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.