Florence, Italy
Vasari Corridor
This private skyway is filled with art and was expanded explicitly so that Hitler could appreciate a river.
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Florence, Italy
This private skyway is filled with art and was expanded explicitly so that Hitler could appreciate a river.
Rome, Italy
One of Catholicism's four major basilicas has a series of papal portraits that are said to predict the end of the world.
Milan, Italy
Two very green residential towers cleaning the air in one of Europe's most polluted cities.
Naples, Italy
In a city that boasts four separate inclined cable railways, this is one of the busiest funicular lines in the world.
Naples, Italy
The Neapolitan Cult of the Dead still cares for the skulls at this mini-Fontanelle.
Genoa, Italy
Genoa's collection of over 4 million zoological, botanical, and geological specimens from around the world.
Houston, Texas
At the "Garage Mahal" in Houston, car culture is about more than just driving.
Houston, Texas
A taste of Middle Earth, in the middle of the Bayou City.
Naples, Italy
A labyrinth of ancient tunnels hidden below the city holds the ruins of 2,500 years of history.
Florence, Italy
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.
Florence, Italy
Some say this medieval church is where the poet Dante married his wife and also met the love of his life.
Florence, Italy
A medieval weapon rumored to have been used by the brilliant poet himself.
Rome, Italy
This hidden Art Nouveau courtyard is an opulent feast for the eyes.
Ischia, Italy
Deceased nuns were placed on stone chairs to decompose, while the surviving nuns prayed near the lifeless bodies.
Naples, Italy
The remains of the left arm of the levitating philosopher-saint are kept in a 13th-century Neapolitan basilica.
Florence, Italy
Memorials at a Florence railway station remember the citizens who were deported from Italy and sent to extermination camps.
Rome, Italy
Brass cobblestones mark the places where individual Holocaust victims were taken from their homes.
Milan, Italy
The train platform where Jews were sent to concentration camps is now preserved as a Holocaust memorial.
Palermo, Italy
This mosaic-lined medieval church was built by the world's first admiral and still holds mass in ancient Greek.
Genoa, Italy
This cathedral hides a sculpted dog that determines your fate and an unexploded shell from World War II.
Venice, Italy
Hanging within this medieval church are the bones of a beast allegedly slain by a fourth-century saint.
Pompeii, Italy
The walls and streets of the ancient city are peppered with penises.
Venice, Italy
The pile of books behind the dignified writer gave the statue a most undignified nickname.
Naples, Italy
This shining multicolored metro station deep under Naples is said to be the most beautiful in Europe.