The mummified relic of St. Antoninus.

Secret refuge and museum of the Duke of Florence.

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

Over 50 exquisite hand-painted Renaissance maps decorate a Medici storage room.

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.

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

The oldest operating pharmacy in the world features 800-year-old recipes.

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

The middle finger of modernity.

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

Medieval torture techniques with a modern conscience.

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

An alchemist's “magic door” stands in the middle of a Roman park.

The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."

This magnificent church allows travelers along one of Germany's busiest roadways a chance to rest and reflect.

Tiny castle in the middle of the Rhine made you pay to pass.

Dancing skeletal figures pay homage to a medieval mural destroyed during World War II.

The bells remain in a shattered heap exactly as they fell when the church was bombed in World War II.

The small alleys in Lübeck's Old Town are a result of medieval urban sprawl.

Carved fountains poignantly placed in parks and in front of special monuments.

Legendary site where an evil bishop was devoured by rodents.

This old wooden funicular railway leads to a cemetery in the forest.

A statue honors the local legend that the devil helped build St. Mary's church after being tricked into thinking it was going to be a wine bar.