Renaissance villa and gardens complete with a tormented colossus.

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

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

A daring D-Day assault by U.S. Army Rangers is commemorated atop the high cliffs of this strategic point.

The doodles of a genius line the walls of a secret room under the Medici Chapel, where they were hidden for nearly 500 years.

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

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

The middle finger of modernity.

This New Orleans statue of a portly figure in a goofy hat pays homage to a classic of satirical literature.

An impressive collection of dollhouses and an homage to the frog-leg canning industry.

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

A floating cat sanctuary on an Amsterdam canal.

Established in 1638 to battle the Black Death, Hortus Botanicus Amsterdam is a treasure trove of rare flora.

This historic Amsterdam bar used to accept sailor's monkeys as payment.

The world's only museum devoted to the wonders of fluorescence.

This French anatomy museum greets guests with a skinless man, mid-shovel.

This salt marsh in Southern France is as pink as the flamingos that inhabit it.

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

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

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.

The very center of Paris is surrounded by a bevy of strange good luck rituals.

A mechanized clock where a man fights off a dragon, crab, and rooster.

A museum of carnival attractions where you are invited to ride the rides.