Legend says this mysterious stone head belongs to a woman who was petrified by an alchemist.

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

The graveyard is filled with beautiful funerary art and boasts breathtaking views of Florence.

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

Drink wine handed out through a window as part of an age-old tradition.

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

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

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

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

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

Just across from the "Last Supper" painting is the famous painter's vineyard, a gift received for creating the masterpiece.

A Milanese café entirely designed by the American director Wes Anderson.

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

Paranormal investigators claim this abandoned asylum is the most haunted spot in the eastern U.S.

The highest point in Virginia can only be reached by passing through ponies and flowers.

Walk a trail through a historic Quaker town that outlawed slavery in 1777 and was a major waypoint on the Underground Railroad.

South Korea's women of the sea have completely flipped their society's structure by becoming revered fisherwomen.

The world's first cruise ship-shaped hotel is perched atop a cliff.

Landbridge created by the South Korean version of Moses.

The 400-year-old remains of the samurai invasion of Korea.

A Korean village where times stands still.

One man and his wife have turned a barren Korean island into a fantastical botanical wonderland.

To enter the lower hall of this temple, you must first walk through a dragon.

A 32-acre fun park dedicated to all things cheese.