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This private skyway is filled with art and was expanded explicitly so that Hitler could appreciate a river.

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

The middle finger of modernity.

The naturally mummified body of a peasant girl saint.

Fortified medieval tower house with lovely roof garden.

Despite their macabre past, these hooks are said to bring good luck to those who touch them.

An island on the Venetian Lagoon hosts this stone chair that has nothing to do with the King of the Huns.

The pile of books behind the dignified writer gave the statue a most undignified nickname.

This deconsecrated church has seen many uses, from a tobacco storehouse to a cinema.

According to tradition this is the oldest church in Venice, but its actual age is a mystery.

The oldest of Venice's plague quarantine stations, designed to keep the medieval city safe from disease.

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

This Roman statue is missing a limb from when the Venetians stole it from Constantinople during the Crusades.

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

In the past, Renaissance sex workers were encouraged to entice customers on this bridge.

Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.

Thousand-year-old Viking runes adorn an ancient Greek lion at the entrance to the Venetian Arsenal.

This palatial spiral staircase was so unusual the name "snail" was given to the noble family who built it.

A small sculpture that pays homage to the famous bronze ear of Ca de l'Oreggia—or does it?

Sip a Negroni Sbagliato in the bar that invented it.

See what remains of a once grand ancient Roman circus.

Remnants of cone-shaped fascist bomb shelters in Milan.

This small Milan street is filled with colorful homes and a rich history.

A brutalist gem towering over the heart of Milan.