Staves, storm-calling, and of course, necropants.

This stone memorial commemorates a group of French patriots slain by French fascists.

An often-shuddersome journey into a low-tech, robotic themepark.

Sleep in a climate-controlled plastic bubble for the night.

Longest canal tunnel in the world, abandoned in the 1960s.

Balconies that have a most unusual accent.

Now a memorial, this factory was once used as a concentration camp for artists by the Vichy government.

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

Inside features a display of how artistic crucifixes transformed throughout the centuries.

Next to the Leaning Tower of Pisa is a cemetery home to ancient sarcophagi and disturbing murals.

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

Anatomical cabinet holds unexpected treasures.

Some say this medieval church is where the poet Dante married his wife and also met the love of his life.

Memorials at a Florence railway station remember the citizens who were deported from Italy and sent to extermination camps.

More than 450 years ago, an Italian nun became the first woman to paint the iconic subject.

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.

An extraordinary house museum and cabinet of curiosities in the heart of Florence.

A slightly creepy gallery of plaster cast models in the same museum as Michelangelo's David.

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

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

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

The mummified relic of St. Antoninus.

Renaissance hospital featuring a rotating door into which unwanted babies were dropped.

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