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 middle finger of modernity.

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.

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 famous sculptor left his mark on this Italian wall in an internationally protected example of street art.

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

The mummified relic of St. Antoninus.

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

Renaissance hospital featuring a rotating door into which unwanted babies were dropped.

A plaque on the base of this statue holds a bewitching design.

Overlooked amid the tourist bustle of Florence, this museum is dedicated to the craft of stone inlay.

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

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

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

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

More than 450 years ago, an Italian nun became the first woman to paint the iconic subject.

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

This Torino museum honors a soldier who kept the city safe using barrels of exploding gunpowder, losing his life in the process.

The mysterious “eyes of the Devil” dot a street in the occult center of Italy.

See every month of the year personified at this opulent Turinese fountain.

A portrayal of two lamps embraced and in love.

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