Pontiac, Michigan
Pontiac Silverdome
What was once the largest NFL stadium.
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Pontiac, Michigan
What was once the largest NFL stadium.
Detroit, Michigan
A painted-over wall in Detroit originally built to segregate a black community from an adjacent white development.
Detroit, Michigan
Weighing 30,000 pounds, this monument represents Detroit's first industrial era.
Detroit, Michigan
The bones of an old zoo crumbling in the shadow of a new one.
Detroit, Michigan
Advice-columnist's bell tower, paid for with pennies.
Florence, Italy
More than 450 years ago, an Italian nun became the first woman to paint the iconic subject.
Florence, Italy
Secret refuge and museum of the Duke of Florence.
Florence, Italy
The mummified relic of St. Antoninus.
Florence, Italy
A plaque on the base of this statue holds a bewitching design.
Villamarzana, Italy
Two planes stand abandoned after the closure of an aircraft-themed restaurant.
Bologna, Italy
Legend has it this fountain built to symbolize the Pope’s power hides a strange secret concerning Neptune's manliness.
Florence, Italy
The graveyard is filled with beautiful funerary art and boasts breathtaking views of Florence.
Padua, Italy
The people of Padua pledged to construct this church if the city was spared from destruction during World War I.
Padua, Italy
The oldest botanical garden in the world that technically isn't the oldest.
Padua, Italy
One of the world's oldest working clocks is curiously missing the Zodiac sign of Libra.
Padua, Italy
Something's missing between the arcades of the Palazzo della Ragione in "the city of the three withouts."
Padua, Italy
This old medieval prison tower has been a site of astronomical research for more than 250 years.
Milan, Italy
The secret medieval communication system will whisk your words above the noise of the crowd.
Milan, Italy
Third time's a charm, or in this case, two testicles are.
Milan, Italy
A brutalist gem towering over the heart of Milan.
Milan, Italy
The mark of the Devil's horns on a marble column in Milan.
Milan, Italy
A small sculpture that pays homage to the famous bronze ear of Ca de l'Oreggia—or does it?
Milan, Italy
Just across from the "Last Supper" painting is the famous painter's vineyard, a gift received for creating the masterpiece.
Milan, Italy
Nestled in the heart of Milan is a real wunderkammer of morbid curiosities.