Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.

Secret refuge and museum of the Duke of Florence.

Drink wine handed out through a window as part of an age-old tradition.

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

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.

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

A large grotto built in the 16th century amidst Florence's famous Boboli gardens.

The middle finger of modernity.

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

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

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.

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

A World War II-era submarine is stuck in the mud in New Jersey.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

Biblical beasts and endangered animal preservation come together in this Israeli zoo.

These azure waters were thought to lead to the Mayan Underworld.

An ancient quarry rediscovered by a dog and claimed by biblical kings, a German cult, and the Freemasons.

As the Dead Sea continues to deplete, massive sinkholes open along its banks.

This nearly invisible wire transforms much of the city into one big, symbolic home on the holy day.

Descend 2,030 years into the past in an ancient tunnel built to support Jerusalem's most famous wall.

After over 100 years out of service this landmark windmill once again turns as a symbol of Jerusalem's self-sufficiency.

This daunting 1st century fortress was purportedly the site of one of the most dramatic revolts of the Jewish-Roman wars.

A massive, heart-shaped, wind-carved crater in the middle of the Israeli desert.