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

This 6th-century church has the largest and best-preserved collection of Byzantine mosaics outside Constantinople.

A surreal statue honoring Prague's favorite literary son.

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.

Over 100 towers were built in Bologna during the Middle Ages, but only 22 survive.

This grand old 80-foot sequoia towers above the buildings in the city’s retail center.

In the absence of a Chinese-language newspaper, for years the community posted daily updates on this simple bulletin board.

19th century pendulum and a clock restored by a rogue group of guerilla artists.

The embalmed remains of the communist leader lie within a custom crystal coffin.

This stunning blue and gold room changed cities twice before becoming part of the Smithsonian.

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.

Some say this medieval church is where the poet Dante married his wife and also met the love of his life.

A slightly creepy gallery of plaster cast models in the same museum as Michelangelo's David.

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

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

The middle finger of modernity.

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

Italian poet Dante Alighieri is entombed in this small mausoleum in Ravenna, and his hometown of Florence has never been too happy about it.

Filled with goldfish swimming in a shallow pool of sea water, this ancient crypt is more wishing well than burial site.

The palace window through which Protestant nobles flung two Catholic regents, thus sparking the Thirty Years' War.

This remarkably well-preserved Egyptian plinth is pretty well traveled for a giant piece of stone.

The stunning interior of this Gothic church is covered in ornate gold details.

The design of this beautifully crafted building was inspired by Norwegian glaciers.

The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.