Villas that once served as playgrounds for the rich now fall away in decay.

Collection of nearly 500 concrete figures sculpted by the late Veijo Rönkkönen.

Quality time with reindeer in the stunning scenery of their natural Lappish habitat above the Arctic Circle.

This endearingly discomfited urinating statue commemorates the sneaky pees had by us all.

An alien church provides much needed silence in the midst of a Finland shopping center.

A subterranean house of worship carved right out of the bedrock.

This fantastical icy castle is built anew every winter.

Many famous English poets including Elizabeth Barrett Browning are laid to rest at this Swiss-owned cemetery in Florence.

Memorials at a Florence railway station remember the citizens who were deported from Italy and sent to extermination camps.

In Florence's great Duomo, a 26 foot fresco honors a mercenary famous for attacking Florence.

Ancient ruins hidden underneath a modern luxury hotel.

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

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

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.

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

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

The naturally mummified body of a peasant girl saint.

A treasure trove of Renaissance-era funerary art in a Roman church built on top of Nero's grave.

Fortified medieval tower house with lovely roof garden.

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

The mummified relic of St. Antoninus.

Renaissance hospital featuring a rotating door into which unwanted babies were dropped.

These medieval skyscrapers dominate the skyline of this small Tuscan town.

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