Those who own or stay at this 500-year-old, allegedly cursed house often meet terrible fates.

As can be expected from a centuries-old church built in a canal city, the undercroft of this house of worship is beautifully flooded.

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

This palatial spiral staircase was so unusual the name "snail" was given to the noble family who built it.

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.

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

An incredible menagerie of more than 3 million taxidermied animals at the oldest science museum in Europe.

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

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

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

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

This historic square in Nepal is home to temples dating back to the third century.

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

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