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

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

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

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

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

An incredible menagerie of more than 3 million taxidermied animals at the oldest science museum in Europe.

Medieval torture techniques with a modern conscience.

The link between these two seemingly disparate themes is crucial to the history of this Tuscan hill town.

Walk through a fairytale in Tuscany.

The naturally mummified body of a peasant girl saint.

Da Vinci's equestrian statue, 500 years in the making.

Small on the outside, big on the inside, this church is an astonishing act of visual deception.

Before there were doorbells this bronze ear was installed for visitors to announce their arrival.

Milan's duomo is covered in beautiful carving including a curious "dinosaur-like" beast.

The giant skeleton sculpture is surprisingly well-traveled.

An ancient monastery, a locked room, and a mysterious book heist.

There has been an astronomical clock on this spot since the 14th century.

A Neolithic burial site erected around 3000 BC.

The birthplace of an eccentric alchemist and possible inspiration for the fictional reanimator of monsters.

After years of being casually peed on by humans, this tree is peeing back.

This Polish cave has housed a dragon, a brothel, and an enduring legend.

Real bones which are said to have belonged to a Polish dragon.