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

The graveyard is filled with beautiful funerary art and boasts breathtaking views of Florence.

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

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

Overlooked amid the tourist bustle of Florence, this museum is dedicated to the craft of stone inlay.

Drink wine handed out through a window as part of an age-old tradition.

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

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

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.

A large grotto built in the 16th century amidst Florence's famous Boboli gardens.

The middle finger of modernity.

A midnight snack that lights up the night.

Tubing through a cave lit with glowworms is a magical underground experience.

The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.

These eerie outliers of the lightning bug family glow a mysterious blue color.

For two weeks every June, fireflies in the Smoky Mountains perform an astonishing light show.