Florence, Italy
Gipsoteca Bartolini
A slightly creepy gallery of plaster cast models in the same museum as Michelangelo's David.
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Florence, Italy
A slightly creepy gallery of plaster cast models in the same museum as Michelangelo's David.
Florence, Italy
This private skyway is filled with art and was expanded explicitly so that Hitler could appreciate a river.
Lucca, Italy
This bustling Italian plaza is built on the ruins of an ancient Roman amphitheater.
Rosignano marittimo, Italy
This deceiving white sand beach gets its brilliant hue from the chemical discharge of a nearby factory.
Florence, Italy
In Florence's great Duomo, a 26 foot fresco honors a mercenary famous for attacking Florence.
Florence, Italy
Renaissance hospital featuring a rotating door into which unwanted babies were dropped.
Florence, Italy
This bronze boar's snout has been rubbed to a golden sheen by visitors seeking good fortune.
Florence, Italy
The famous sculptor left his mark on this Italian wall in an internationally protected example of street art.
Florence, Italy
Many famous English poets including Elizabeth Barrett Browning are laid to rest at this Swiss-owned cemetery in Florence.
Florence, Italy
A copy of the famous statue can be found in this Florence piazza, along with one of the most breathtaking views of the city below.
Lucca, Italy
Fortified medieval tower house with lovely roof garden.
Pisa, Italy
Next to the Leaning Tower of Pisa is a cemetery home to ancient sarcophagi and disturbing murals.
Pisa, Italy
A local student's chance encounter with Keith Haring led to the creation of one of Europe's largest murals.
Pisa, Italy
The first botanical garden, a feather in the cap of the Grand Duke of Tuscany.
Nice, France
This massive blockhead sculpture hides an entire library.
Monaco
Museum celebrating the ocean, with the largest wunderkammer dedicated to sea exploration.
Swan Hill, Australia
Australia's first open air museum and antique 3D theater.
Melbourne, Australia
The 18th-century home was disassembled into 253 cases and brought all the way from the other side of the world.
Cairns, Australia
These flying foxes dangle from the trees around the library like fuzzy black fruit.
Yallabatharra, Australia
A massive concentration of algae is responsible for this lake's pink hue.
Melbourne, Australia
The bullet-banged DIY suit of armour belonging to Australia’s most famous outlaw.
Hamelin Bay, Australia
Incredible rock formations jut from the southern end of this spectacular stingray-viewing spot.
Melbourne, Australia
Once housing children next to hardened criminals this historic jail once displayed Ned Kelly's skull until it was stolen.
Coober Pedy, Australia
This eccentric cave dwelling is bizarre even by the standards of a subterranean town.