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

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

An ossuary built in 1210 to collect bones from the Ospedale Maggiore of Milan.

The secret medieval communication system will whisk your words above the noise of the crowd.

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

Ham is serious business at the Prosciutto Museum-Serious, delicious business.

A small window on Via Piella offers a lovely and rare peek at Bologna's lost canals.

A diverse collection of wax, bone, papier-maché and mummified relics.

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

The mummified relic of St. Catherine sits forever on a golden throne.

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

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

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

This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.

A small island less than half a mile from Venice is a forbidden island with a dark and twisted past.

The prototype for all Nazi concentration camps.

Among the ostentatious rococo ornamentation of this church, an image of death cuts the life-thread.

A serious museum dedicated to two German comedians.

The patron saint of spinsters grasps a container of dried blood.

The footprint of a frustrated devil in Munich's Cathedral.

A fearsome dragon clings to a corner of Munich's city hall.

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

The fairy tale castle of the "fairy-tale king."

A striking 12th-century-style castle built on the edge of a cliff.