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.

The walls and streets of the ancient city are peppered with penises.

Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.

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

One of the world's oldest working clocks is curiously missing the Zodiac sign of Libra.

Those who own or stay at this 500-year-old, allegedly cursed house often meet terrible fates.

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.