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

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

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

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

Pilgrimage site for star-crossed lovers.

Filled with goldfish swimming in a shallow pool of sea water, this ancient crypt is more wishing well than burial site.

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

This ancient theater was once the home of fierce gladiatorial battles.

The once forbidden "secret cabinet" of erotic art from excavations of Pompeii and Herculaneum.

An ossuary built in 1210 to collect bones from the Ospedale Maggiore of Milan.

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

The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.

The only "Egyptian" pyramid in Europe and the legendary tomb of Remus.

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

A French library that makes sure its love of books is writ large... giant in fact.

The construction of a tram line unveiled hidden remnants of the old medieval city.

Stalactites and stalagmites in a beautifully lit cave.

The middle finger of modernity.

This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.

Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.

A small island less than half a mile from Venice is a forbidden island with a dark and twisted past.

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

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

The world's largest reflecting pool is just two centimeters deep.