The spot where the fascist dictator made some of his most famous speeches including declaring war on Britain and France.

Rome's semi-secret peephole vista is also a former Crusader stronghold.

This ritzy Italian market is built around a statue of an unforgiven heretic who was burned for his belief in an endless universe.

This immaculate and historic water garden culminates in a massive stone dining table with an inset fountain for chilling the wine of the Cardinal's guests.

Geothermal waterfalls in Tuscany.

Gigantic mosaic sculptures of the figures on Tarot cards fill this colorful Tuscan garden.

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.

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

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

The famous sculptor left his mark on this Italian wall in an internationally protected example of street art.

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

The middle finger of modernity.

A dismembered holy head stares out from her beautiful reliquary at the St. Dominic Basilica.

This real life asylum of horrors is now an abandoned ruin that hides the unbreakable code to one patient's insanity.

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

Anatomical cabinet holds unexpected treasures.

The first botanical garden, a feather in the cap of the Grand Duke of Tuscany.

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

Largest lake in Great Britain measured by surface area.

The London statue that imitates passersby.

One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.

A closed London rail station created to cart away the dead still bears the marks of attempts to make it less morbid.

Putting the "mod" in "modular" since 2000.

The London pub overlooks where the Mayflower was moored before setting sail for the New World.