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A secret hatch containing two parchments was discovered in this statue over 40 years after its installation.

Inside this building is another country within Rome, a sovereign entity without a physical territory.

A little-known hot spring haven right below the highway.

A unique arch graces the Dolores River Canyon near the Hanging Flume.

Let Ouray’s tallest waterfall sweep your breath away on a dealer’s choice of scenic hikes.

A recreation of an Old West apothecary full of curios.

Da Vinci's equestrian statue, 500 years in the making.

The middle finger of modernity.

This Roman statue is missing a limb from when the Venetians stole it from Constantinople during the Crusades.

Its interior is adorned with some of the best examples of early Christian mosaics.

Museum dedicated to literary greats of the Romantic Period is also the home in which Keats met his untimely end.

Brass cobblestones mark the places where individual Holocaust victims were taken from their homes.

These medieval skyscrapers dominate the skyline of this small Tuscan town.

Medieval torture techniques with a modern conscience.

An unusual resting place built into the hill with an amazing view of Lake Como.

The Sighignola summit on the Swiss border offers views so breathtaking it's been named one of the most beautiful places in Italy.

More sculpture than building, this architecturally significant temple was built on the spot of Saint Peter's crucifixion.

Hidden beneath the famous St. Peter's Basilica is a veritable city of the dead that may hold the remains of St. Peter himself.

If you want to talk to the Pope you will have to stare down this surreal vision of Jesus rising from a nuclear hell.

In the early Roman Empire, people deemed traitors and criminals were tossed to their deaths from this rock.

One of seven Jewish catacombs in Rome and one of only two open to the public.

This subterranean shrine beneath a bike rental store celebrates the iconic Italian scooter.

The graveyard is filled with beautiful funerary art and boasts breathtaking views of Florence.

The doodles of a genius line the walls of a secret room under the Medici Chapel, where they were hidden for nearly 500 years.