An abstract monument to a symphonic composer.

In upstate New York, gorgeous waterfalls and a watermill are slowly being reclaimed by nature.

The spot where the fascist dictator made some of his most famous speeches including declaring war on Britain and France.

This Roman statue is missing a limb from when the Venetians stole it from Constantinople during the Crusades.

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.

This bustling Italian plaza is built on the ruins of an ancient Roman amphitheater.

This Italian stadium makes liberal use of fascist statuary to evoke classical sporting arenas.

The only visible reminders of an elaborate engineering project that kept the tower from reaching the tipping point.

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

The first botanical garden, a feather in the cap of the Grand Duke of Tuscany.

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

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

Fortified medieval tower house with lovely roof garden.

A mysterious chasm in the heart of the ancient Roman Forum, the Lacus Curtius was once believed to be a gateway to hell.

Museum dedicated to literary greats of the Romantic Period is also the home in which Keats met his untimely end.

One of several skulls claiming to belong to the beheaded St. John the Baptist is on display at this Roman church.

This ritzy Italian market is built around a statue of an unforgiven heretic who was burned for his belief in an endless universe.

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.

The final resting place of the poets Shelley and Keats.

2300-year-old Roman road connecting the empire.

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

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