An ornate private entrance to the Vienna subway built specifically for the emperor.

The beautiful baroque library of the Hapsburg empire.

On a winding Vienna side street, one museum has turned their windows into a monument to history’s peace-minded heroes.

One of Vienna’s oldest (and perhaps most haunted) alleys, allegedly with a bloody past that gave it its name.

A mechanical clock built in 1914, with a rotation of 12 historical figures on its face.

A silly medieval mural preserved on the side of a Viennese house.

Baroque celebration of the end of the Great Plague of Vienna.

Legends surround an ancient tree trunk riddled with nails for good luck.

These two 15th-century metal rods allowed people to check if they were swindled or not.

Legend has it this fountain built to symbolize the Pope’s power hides a strange secret concerning Neptune's manliness.

A small window on Via Piella offers a lovely and rare peek at Bologna's lost canals.

A large statue of Pope Gregory XIII in Bologna was disguised as Saint Petronius to avoid destruction.

Stuck in the arcade of Casa Isolani are three arrows of mysterious origins.

First founded in 1472, this is the oldest bank in the world. Its history may explain why we call financial institutions "banks."

The mummified relic of St. Antoninus.

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

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