One of only two commuter aerial tramways in the United States.

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.

Before it was buried by volcanic ash, this fast-food restaurant fed the hungry hordes of ancient Rome.

This grisly effigy displays an early Christian martyr who was skinned alive and beheaded.

It’s said this crypt was the setting for the tragic finale of the Shakespeare play.

The Emperor Tiberius' palace of debauchery.

The only museum with its curator—and her pets—buried inside.

Da Vinci's equestrian statue, 500 years in the making.

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.

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

A detailed pachyderm supports Rome's smallest Egyptian obelisk.

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

An extensive collection of reliquaries containing the bones of saints housed in the largest Catholic church in Venice.

These medieval skyscrapers dominate the skyline of this small Tuscan town.

This ancient market is often referred to as the oldest shopping mall in the world.

A dismembered holy head stares out from her beautiful reliquary at the St. Dominic Basilica.

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

Medieval torture techniques with a modern conscience.

A treasure trove of Renaissance-era funerary art in a Roman church built on top of Nero's grave.

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

An incredible menagerie of more than 3 million taxidermied animals at the oldest science museum in Europe.

A mysterious chasm in the heart of the ancient Roman Forum, the Lacus Curtius was once believed to be a gateway to hell.

This large, circular tomb is the final resting place of the first emperor of Rome.