A dismembered holy head stares out from her beautiful reliquary at the St. Dominic Basilica.

This sculpture honors the man who was known as the "Righteous Among the Nations."

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

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

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

Every inch of this chapel is covered in craftsmanship from across the world.

Tourists to the mountaintop Sicilian town often overlook its ancient fortifications.

A space dedicated to contemporary art and culture, co-chaired by fashion icon Miuccia Prada.

Milan's duomo is covered in beautiful carving including a curious "dinosaur-like" beast.

A Milanese café entirely designed by the American director Wes Anderson.

Wandering this ancient burial place offers a glimpse of the afterlife in the fresco-adorned tombs of an ancient Etruscan civilization.

This ritzy Italian market is built around a statue of an unforgiven heretic who was burned for his belief in an endless universe.

Also known as Uncle Karl, the beloved bronze copper keeps a watchful eye on St. Stephen’s Basilica while people rub his lucky belly.

A Trabant car, a kangaroo statue, and a plethora of plants take over this abandoned-factory-turned-bar.

Built in 1870 at the bridge that connected Buda and Pest, this spectacular incline railway was almost lost forever during World War II.

Art and armour fill every inch of this rich kid's Italian villa.

The world's largest second-hand graces a clock surrounded by constantly changing flower beds. 

An opulent monument built for a duke who donated his entire fortune to the city of Geneva.

An icy lake tucked among jaw-dropping alpine panoramas.

This small, ancient Roman temple was once a church dedicated to the patron saint of penitents.

Explore the quarry where the marble was sourced for Michaelangelo's David.

A master of trompe-l'oeil creates a stunning, tourist-fooling dome out of a flat ceiling.

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.

The martyr's wax-enhanced skeletal remains lie preserved in a glass case in the Santa Maria della Vittoria in Rome.