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

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

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

This Roman arch marks the location of an ancient gate at one of the Seven Hills of Rome.

This ritzy Italian market is built around a statue of an unforgiven heretic who was burned for his belief in an endless universe.

This former Roman Catholic Church still contains the embalmed hearts and organs of 22 popes.

The final resting place of the poets Shelley and Keats.

The skull of the patron saint of lovers lies in the Basilica di Santa Maria in Cosmedin—maybe.

2300-year-old Roman road connecting the empire.

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.

An exquisite Baroque church in Vienna's old town.

A neo-Gothic church built to thank God for saving the Emperor of Austria from an assassination.

The solemn exterior conceals an opulent interior of this 17th century church.

The townhouse where the "Blood Countess" Elizabeth Báthory started her murderous career.

Built to give thanks for the passing of a plague epidemic, this cathedral is a one-of-a-kind architectural hybrid.

Op-art architecture designed for happiness.

Tucked away in a Prague park, a statue beloved by romantics honors a poet so nice they buried him twice.

The oldest garden in Prague, once part of an medieval orchard.

A turn of the century building boasting some of the most beautiful art nouveau architecture in Prague.

Monument to a suicide protesting the Soviet invasion.

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

A saintly relic hidden in a Prague church basement.

Two stunning 17th-century libraries and a cabinet of curiosities.