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

Machismo turned on its head: the lady's hand goes to the dude with the bigger brain.

A fake medieval village in the middle of Turin.

The mummified relic of St. Antoninus.

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

Renaissance hospital featuring a rotating door into which unwanted babies were dropped.

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

Erotic art covers the walls of the largest ancient pleasure palace.

Venice's island of the dead.

This Roman arch marks the location of an ancient gate at one of the Seven Hills of Rome.

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.

This palatial spiral staircase was so unusual the name "snail" was given to the noble family who built it.

Pilgrimage site for star-crossed lovers.

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

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.

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

2300-year-old Roman road connecting the empire.

The middle finger of modernity.

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

A small island less than half a mile from Venice is a forbidden island with a dark and twisted past.

An obscure federal monument honors the French diplomat who served as Ambassador to the U.S. during WWI.

The first memorial dedicated solely to the Black troops who fought for the Union.