Florence, Italy
Dante's Dagger
A medieval weapon rumored to have been used by the brilliant poet himself.
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Florence, Italy
A medieval weapon rumored to have been used by the brilliant poet himself.
Florence, Italy
This strange bovine gargoyle is said to have been put in as a passive aggressive form of revenge.
Vienna, Austria
Physicist’s epitaph provides final confirmation to a career of turmoil.
Vienna, Austria
On a winding Vienna side street, one museum has turned their windows into a monument to history’s peace-minded heroes.
Vienna, Austria
A silly medieval mural preserved on the side of a Viennese house.
Vienna, Austria
The townhouse where the "Blood Countess" Elizabeth Báthory started her murderous career.
Vienna, Austria
Vienna's giant wonder wheel had a starring role in one of the greatest noir movies of all time.
Vienna, Austria
Baroque celebration of the end of the Great Plague of Vienna.
Vienna, Austria
This museum promotes informed contraception by documenting its often secret past.
Vienna, Austria
Legends surround an ancient tree trunk riddled with nails for good luck.
Vienna, Austria
Op-art architecture designed for happiness.
Vienna, Austria
A spherical "micro-nation" in the heart of Vienna.
Vienna, Austria
The topiary maze at the Habsburg hunting lodge.
Vienna, Austria
The former private quarters and office of Dr. Sigmund Freud now hosts a museum housing the works of the founding father of psychoanalysis.
Vienna, Austria
This Austrian museum celebrates the work of famous forgers and their inimitable imitations.
Vienna, Austria
The final resting place for the remains of 143 Habsburg royalty.
Vienna, Austria
The crypt of the imposing Stephensdom holds royal intestines and thousands of skeletons.
Vienna, Austria
The beautiful baroque library of the Hapsburg empire.
Florence, Italy
The middle finger of modernity.
Florence, Italy
The largest and most famous wax anatomical collection anywhere in the world.
Florence, Italy
The famous sculptor left his mark on this Italian wall in an internationally protected example of street art.
Florence, Italy
Renaissance hospital featuring a rotating door into which unwanted babies were dropped.
Florence, Italy
An incredible menagerie of more than 3 million taxidermied animals at the oldest science museum in Europe.