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

A beloved, quirky little fountain featuring a large frog spitting water at a naked boy.

A faux European lane smack dab in downtown L.A.

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

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

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

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

Buried next to Pompeii, this lesser-known Roman villa was the opulent vacation home of Emperor Nero's wife.

This tiny islet has somehow housed an ancient temple, two monasteries, a church, a fortress, and a restaurant.

This amazingly well-preserved villa just outside Pompeii boasts rare examples of ancient Roman paintings.

The walls and streets of the ancient city are peppered with penises.

Erotic art covers the walls of the largest ancient pleasure palace.

A fortified medieval basilica on the Caelian Hill preserves extraordinary frescoes and one of Rome's most beautiful hidden cloisters.

Harlequin costumes, signed scripts, and armor-wearing puppets.

Ever hear of the Milazzo Cage?

Romans decided this 16th-century "talking statue" was so ugly, they named it after a primate.

Also known as the Square Colosseum, this building is a prime example of fascist-era rationalist architecture.

This ancient trail climbs the mountain where a Latin League cult worshipped Jupiter, its main deity.

This subterranean shrine beneath a bike rental store celebrates the iconic Italian scooter.

The former home of an Italian artist is now a shrine to his ambitious works.

A huge enchanting public park just outside the ancient walls of Rome.

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

Gods clash with machines in a power plant regenerated as a museum.

Roman-era ships unearthed...