This whimsical fountain pays tribute to Toronto's four-legged friends.

This colorful creation wasn't always a welcome part of Toronto's Moccasin Trail Park.

The haunting "Hell House Altar" is one of the few remnants of an abandoned college that has been a magnet for local legends.

The beautiful baroque library of the Hapsburg empire.

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 medieval weapon rumored to have been used by the brilliant poet himself.

A sinister pyramid in the Frari contains the heart of the famous neoclassical sculptor.

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

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

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.

The small peaceful island off the Venice tourist circuit is where the city began more than 1,500 years ago.

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

An incredible menagerie of more than 3 million taxidermied animals at the oldest science museum in Europe.

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

Art and armour fill every inch of this rich kid's Italian villa.

This museum is rotten with a century of wax medical deformities.

Secret refuge and museum of the Duke of Florence.

100 year tradition of fist fights, marked by marble footsteps.

This private skyway is filled with art and was expanded explicitly so that Hitler could appreciate a river.

A new sculpture calls attention to climate change in the centuries-old city it threatens.

Over 50 exquisite hand-painted Renaissance maps decorate a Medici storage room.

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