The only museum with its curator—and her pets—buried inside.

Da Vinci's equestrian statue, 500 years in the making.

In a city that boasts four separate inclined cable railways, this is one of the busiest funicular lines in the world.

Behind medieval walls in a corner of bustling Palermo is a breathtaking former mosque once inhabited by a wolf-taming hermit.

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.

Where Venice's gondolas go for a tune-up.

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

These medieval skyscrapers dominate the skyline of this small Tuscan town.

A narrow opening between the mountains of the Amalfi Coast creates a scenic hidden beach.

In the past, Renaissance sex workers were encouraged to entice customers on this bridge.

Southern Italy's spinning top village.

Geothermal waterfalls in Tuscany.

People have been living in the cave houses on this Italian hillside since the Neolithic era.

A popular legend claims that the famous pizza was invented at a restaurant in this alley.

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

Erotic art covers the walls of the largest ancient pleasure palace.

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

Two very green residential towers cleaning the air in one of Europe's most polluted cities.

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

Thousand-year-old Viking runes adorn an ancient Greek lion at the entrance to the Venetian Arsenal.

Venice's island of the dead.

100 year tradition of fist fights, marked by marble footsteps.

This hydrochronometer was invented by a Dominican monk and is a prime feature in this garden.

This ancient market is often referred to as the oldest shopping mall in the world.