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.

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

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

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

The mummified relic of St. Antoninus.

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

The oldest operating pharmacy in the world features 800-year-old recipes.

The middle finger of modernity.

Gaze upon chocolate sculptures depicting everything from chariot races to Gaudí's famous church at this shrine to sweets.

These secluded and abandoned anti-aircraft defenses have become one the most scenic viewpoints in Barcelona.

At this Denver landmark, the meals are compulsory, the sopapillas are complimentary, and the insanity is everywhere.

Bangkok's men with dangerous jobs come here in search of protective talismans.

This spectacular bridge supported by two gigantic hands looks like something out of a fantasy universe.

A technicolor place of worship for Elevationists.

A community of collapsing homes more than a mile out from the Florida coast.

They squeal, they nosh, they look like predators.

Inhospitable caverns just beneath this island paradise offer insights into alien worlds.

Bermuda triangle lighthouse, site of mysterious disappearances, left to crumble into the Atlantic.

In paradise, feral pigs have claimed an island all to themselves.

One of the world's southernmost bars.

Arlington Cemetery exhibit dedicated to death and grieving.

World's first "penitentiary," meant to be humane, drove men insane.

A museum dedicated to the strange and extravagant costumes and memorabilia of the mummers, a tradition older than Philadelphia itself.

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.