An extraordinary final resting place full of oversized art, amazing statues, and dead celebrities.

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

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

Small on the outside, big on the inside, this church is an astonishing act of visual deception.

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

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

The martyr's wax-enhanced skeletal remains lie preserved in a glass case in the Santa Maria della Vittoria in Rome.

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

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

Venice's "Island of the Mad."

2300-year-old Roman road connecting the empire.

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

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

Arcadia is home to a haven for nature geeks and 80s TV lovers alike.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

Where the rich wintered in Pasadena.

A stellar example of Art & Crafts architecture, and a movie set to boot.

Sports history, made in the Arroyo Seco.

A Masterpiece with a Tragic History.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

This opulent hotel has been visited by Spider-Man, Charlie's Angels, and the Ghostbusters.

The space-age building is home to one of the few remaining rotating restaurants in America, and the only one that inspired a 1980s sitcom.