A whale rib was used to advertise the store by the arch that offered exotic goods from far away.

Pilgrimage site for star-crossed lovers.

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

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

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

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

The middle finger of modernity.

Built to repay the sins of the father, this church is home to one of the most valuable works of Western art.

The incorrupt tongue of the patron saint of lost things is venerated in this basilica.

The small peaceful island off the Venice tourist circuit is where the city began more than 1,500 years ago.

This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.

Venice's island of the dead.

An extensive collection of reliquaries containing the bones of saints housed in the largest Catholic church in Venice.

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

The only museum with its curator—and her pets—buried inside.

Where Venice's gondolas go for a tune-up.

100 year tradition of fist fights, marked by marble footsteps.

A century-old hotspot for jazz, frequented by everyone from Charlie Chaplin to Al Capone.

The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

The grave of the iconic Kentucky Fried Chicken mascot features a bust of the man behind the goatee.

The largest cemetery in Louisville is the final resting place of Col. Sanders and Muhammad Ali.

This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.

Granting the right of way to ships over surface traffic since 1917.