The largest and most famous wax anatomical collection anywhere in the world.

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

The oldest operating pharmacy in the world features 800-year-old recipes.

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

The middle finger of modernity.

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

This zoological museum began as the first great curiosity cabinet.

In the world's oldest university is a stunning 17th century anatomical theater carved from spruce.

An amazing collection of wax anatomical models and terratological models.

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

An extraordinary collection of 18th century anatomical waxworks.

A king's bloodstained shirt is among the gruesome collection of artifacts displayed below Stockholm's Royal Palace.

A plaque marks the house in Stockholm where the French philosopher René Descartes lived up until his death.

This grisly exhibit houses skeletons and weapons from a devastating 14th-century clash.

It is said that each of the white stones in the red facade of this medieval house represents the head of a murdered Swedish noble.

This homeless brass fox tugs at your heartstrings from the foot of a Stockholm bridge.

An ancient Viking runestone hidden in plain view in Stockholm's old town.

Now a hotel, this former bank was the site of a robbery that spawned a psychological phenomenon.

Sweden's "good old days" painstakingly re-created in a model village.

A rare surviving Victorian greenhouse designed specifically to house giant water lilies.

Plaques celebrating Lithuanian writers freckle a wall of this picture-perfect path.

A miraculous three-handed portrait of a saint can be found inside this church.

Travelers who fall victim to this mermaid's charms are destined to stay in Užupis forever.

Burlesque Hospital Themed Restaurant.