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

The only university zoological museum in London houses extinct animals, bizarre natural history specimens, and a Micrarium of microscopic creatures.

A cluttered and astounding collection of antiquities and curiosities.

This sword isn't waiting for a king to pull it out. It was placed there by a saint.

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

A chain of 16 wondrous lakes formed as a result of the gradual dissolution of soluble layers of bedrock.

A musical instrument played by the sea.

This French ghost town from World War II has been left as a memorial to German atrocities during World War II.

The only "Egyptian" pyramid in Europe and the legendary tomb of Remus.

A collection of objects supposedly singed by the hands of souls in purgatory.

Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.

At the crypt of St. Mary of Eulogies and the Dead you are left alone to ponder mortality among piles of skulls.

Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.

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

The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."

Architectureal fantasy quarter of Rome.

Rome's semi-secret peephole vista is also a former Crusader stronghold.

An alchemist's "magic door" stands in the middle of a Roman park.

Charles Dickens was not a fan of the ghastly wall dressings in this 6th century church.

A Nesting Doll of Churches.

The final resting place of the poets Shelley and Keats.

Gods clash with machines in a power plant regenerated as a museum.

2300-year-old Roman road connecting the empire.

A museum of magic with a Sadist past.