This bronze boar's snout has been rubbed to a golden sheen by visitors seeking good fortune.

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

Secret refuge and museum of the Duke of Florence.

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

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

The mummified relic of St. Antoninus.

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

A medieval weapon rumored to have been used by the brilliant poet himself.

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

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

Memorials at a Florence railway station remember the citizens who were deported from Italy and sent to extermination camps.

This 135-year-old weather station studied the effects of the climate on human health.

Bridge that died in war and was resurected.

There's a mini version of Iguazu Falls hidden in the Balkans, and it's got a rope swing.

These warring psychedelic crags commemorate an unsuccessful military operation.

An ancient knight and a symbol of the city's freedom.

Longest fortress system anywhere in Europe.

A well preserved medieval fortress in Vojvodina.

A record-breaking pool that uses computers to turn ocean water into cleaner, private swimming water.

What was once a unique system of urban elevators is turning into a mechanical ruin.

The design of the Palacio Salvo has been described as "a lighthouse on top of a building."

This historic stadium was built to host the first-ever FIFA World Cup.

The most southerly spot on New Zealand's South Island is home to surreally shaped, permanently mangled trees.

Dolphins, ancient clams and hundreds of waterfalls make this one of the world's top tourist destinations.