The Tudor-style cottage in the middle of the square is not quite what it seems.

This one has sailed five times as far as Sir Francis Drake's famous ship.

Two plaques commemorate the site of Shakespeare's first theatre.

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

According to tradition this is the oldest church in Venice, but its actual age is a mystery.

One of the tallest bell towers in Italy plays a particular melody at just two times each day.

The ruins of the largest gladiatorial school in Rome are largely hidden under modern streets.

On the shores of Lake Garda, the ruins of a Roman villa that allegedly belonged to the poet Catullus.

The pile of books behind the dignified writer gave the statue a most undignified nickname.

In Florence's great Duomo, a 26 foot fresco honors a mercenary famous for attacking Florence.

When this funny little building went up in the 19th century, most people thought it would simply fall over.

It’s said this crypt was the setting for the tragic finale of the Shakespeare play.

Inside this McDonald's you can dine on your Big Mac and fries next to a 2,500-year-old Roman wall.

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

A climbing route in the mountains of Italy’s Dolomites, built for soldiers during World War I.

A whale rib was used to advertise the store by the arch that offered exotic goods from far away.

One of the most well-preserved castles in Italy also contains a rare medieval example of a port fortification.

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.

The walls and streets of the ancient city are peppered with penises.

Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.

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

One of the world's oldest working clocks is curiously missing the Zodiac sign of Libra.

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

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