The world's oldest surviving anatomical theater, where "the dead are pleased to help the living."

The incorrupt tongue of the patron saint of lost things is venerated in this basilica.

David Sedaris called it "The greatest shop in the world."

Hundreds of Roman amphorae are stored in an ususpecting underground parking lot.

This beautiful 150-year-old synagogue survived Italy's fascist period and the Second World War.

One of the earliest depictions of an Arthurian scene that is shrouded in mystery.

This ultra-modern burial building would have stacked the dead like a giant filing cabinet.

Art and armour fill every inch of this rich kid's Italian villa.

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

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

A medieval weapon rumored to have been used by the brilliant poet himself.

Secret refuge and museum of the Duke of Florence.

This private skyway is filled with art and was expanded explicitly so that Hitler could appreciate a river.

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

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 largest and most famous wax anatomical collection anywhere in the world.

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

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 new sculpture calls attention to climate change in the centuries-old city it threatens.

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

An island on the Venetian Lagoon hosts this stone chair that has nothing to do with the King of the Huns.

This sturdy, circular stronghold served as one of the forts that protected the Venetian Lagoon.