Florence’s archaeological museum displays an ordinary stool that once shattered one of its most prized artifacts.

An expansive collection donated by an heirless nobleman formed this admission-free civic museum.

This unassuming bridge is most likely one of Michelangelo's unfinished masterworks.

This statue in Civitavecchia recreates a famous photograph from the end of World War II in massive scale.

A medieval tower, dating back to the 12th century, lingers in the Roman countryside.

Archeologists can't decide if these two hand-holding skeletons were brothers or lovers.

When this 400-year-old fountain fell into disrepair, officials covered the mess up with what looks like a giant soup tureen.

For two decades in the 13th century, the papacy operated from this palace in central Italy, which served as the site of the first—and longest—papal election conclave in history.

Since 1999, this gelateria founded by a string instrument maker has been turning out some of Rome’s best scoops.

This little visited park is a treasure trove of ancient Roman ruins.

A lonesome Moai stands in a small Italian town some 9,000 miles away from its Easter Island brethren.

The iconic boulevard is the perfect place to catch sight of a bicycling skeleton, a levitating Satan, or a chef with his head stuck in a pizza.

Occupied for six centuries by Franciscan Order nuns, this monastery is an amazing ode to Catalán Gothic architecture.

The medieval "Bearded Man" relief still serves as a clever flood warning marker.

Throughout this shopping mall are medieval ruins that were discovered during the mall's construction.

The palace window through which Protestant nobles flung two Catholic regents, thus sparking the Thirty Years' War.

Synagogue built from the stones of Solomon's temple contains the golem of Prague.

This tipsy office building in downtown Prague was originally called “Fred and Ginger.”

This artificial cave looks like something out of a fairytale.

Around 100,000 bodies are buried below the medieval headstones, many of which mark graves with multiple bodies stacked up to 12 deep.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

Medieval village and microminiature museum.

Kissing the ass of this stone lioness has become a rite of passage in the city of Girona.

Designed by Gustave Eiffel before his famed tower.