For over 300 years this little carving has been the city’s good luck charm.

This mountain trail inspired Nietzsche to complete his magnum opus.

Museum celebrating the ocean, with the largest wunderkammer dedicated to sea exploration.

Legend has it this fountain built to symbolize the Pope’s power hides a strange secret concerning Neptune's manliness.

Over 100 towers were built in Bologna during the Middle Ages, but only 22 survive.

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

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.

This amazing medieval fortress stands atop a promontory along the famous Cinque Terre.

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.

The pile of books behind the dignified writer gave the statue a most undignified nickname.

This Roman statue is missing a limb from when the Venetians stole it from Constantinople during the Crusades.

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

100 year tradition of fist fights, marked by marble footsteps.

A sinister pyramid in the Frari contains the heart of the famous neoclassical sculptor.

The city of Parma's cathedral is home to one of the greatest illusionistic frescoes of the Renaissance.

Stroll through retro Paris while shopping for old postcards and discarded doll heads.

Historic medieval fortified city in southwest France.

This statue of the great Argentinian car driver is located near a famous curve of the Monaco Grand Prix.

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

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

Milan's duomo is covered in beautiful carving including a curious "dinosaur-like" beast.

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

The commemorative stone column conceals a secret laboratory.