Florence, Italy
The Bull of Santa Maria del Fiore
This strange bovine gargoyle is said to have been put in as a passive aggressive form of revenge.
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Florence, Italy
This strange bovine gargoyle is said to have been put in as a passive aggressive form of revenge.
Florence, Italy
Memorials at a Florence railway station remember the citizens who were deported from Italy and sent to extermination camps.
Florence, Italy
Drink wine handed out through a window as part of an age-old tradition.
Florence, Italy
The famous sculptor left his mark on this Italian wall in an internationally protected example of street art.
Florence, Italy
The graveyard is filled with beautiful funerary art and boasts breathtaking views of Florence.
Florence, Italy
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.
Florence, Italy
This private skyway is filled with art and was expanded explicitly so that Hitler could appreciate a river.
Florence, Italy
A medieval weapon rumored to have been used by the brilliant poet himself.
Florence, Italy
Legend says this mysterious stone head belongs to a woman who was petrified by an alchemist.
Riga, Latvia
3,000 market stands in five former Zeppelin hangars.
Meškuičių seniūnija, Lithuania
An old hill fort covered in over 100,000 crosses is a symbol of Lithuanian nationalism and beliefs.
Oslo, Norway
Across the Pacific in a raft, a museum dedicated to Thor Heyerdahl's now legendary expedition.
Segovia, Spain
One of the few remaining ancient aqueducts described by Frontinus as 'the most solemn testimony of the Empire.'
Vaiaku, Tuvalu
Ancient weaving techniques are used to create these colorful souvenirs.
Prypiat, Ukraine
One of the most poignant ruins of the Chornobyl nuclear disaster, the local football team's stadium has been quickly reclaimed by nature.
Prypiat, Ukraine
This attraction was abandoned after the Chornobyl disaster.
Prypiat, Ukraine
The ghost town left by the worst nuclear disaster of all time is being taken over by nature and urban explorers.
London, England
A famous burial ground with a history both grim and literary.
London, England
This Viking gravestone carved in a rare runic style was dug up from a London churchyard.
London, England
It's a mystery why these remains were found with no traces of their bodies in sight.
London, England
One of the figures in this Celtic sculpture continues to puzzle archaeologists.
London, England
The gigantic skull of a long-extinct species that once roamed the forests of England and Ireland.
Hemel Hempstead, England
A giant roundabout made up of six smaller roundabouts can befuddle the uninitiated.
Hemel Hempstead, England
The eternal resting place of the last highwayman hanged in England.