A diminutive statue that was inspired by the sculptor's own daughter.

This sculpture presents commentary on a life in pursuit of profits.

A circle made up of 19 boulders has stood in Scotland's Bladnoch Valley for some 4,000 years.

This tiny chapel withstood a massive mudslide and flash flood.

Dating back to the 500s, these stones include some of the oldest Christian memorials in Scotland.

A triumphant marble and bronze fountain depicting a 15th-century Hungarian king and his hunting party.

Legend says this mysterious stone head belongs to a woman who was petrified by an alchemist.

Secret refuge and museum of the Duke of Florence.

In Florence's great Duomo, a 26 foot fresco honors a mercenary famous for attacking Florence.

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

Some say this medieval church is where the poet Dante married his wife and also met the love of his life.

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

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

The doodles of a genius line the walls of a secret room under the Medici Chapel, where they were hidden for nearly 500 years.

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

The mummified relic of St. Antoninus.

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

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

The middle finger of modernity.

Many famous English poets including Elizabeth Barrett Browning are laid to rest at this Swiss-owned cemetery in Florence.

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

A slightly creepy gallery of plaster cast models in the same museum as Michelangelo's David.

A lover's walk between hilltop towns, decorated with graffiti love notes.

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.