Many famous English poets including Elizabeth Barrett Browning are laid to rest at this Swiss-owned cemetery in Florence.

A quiet, gothic haven nestled between Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill and Point Breeze neighborhoods.

Long hidden under grime, the politically radical murals of a little known Yugoslavian master are finally getting their due.

Solving a 60-year mystery finally gave a name to the young woman known only by the color of her clothes.

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

A sinister pyramid in the Frari contains the heart of the famous neoclassical sculptor.

This palatial spiral staircase was so unusual the name "snail" was given to the noble family who built it.

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

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

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

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

A slightly creepy gallery of plaster cast models in the same museum as Michelangelo's David.

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

The mummified relic of St. Antoninus.

The middle finger of modernity.

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

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

A hospital where antique dolls are given new life.

Architectural monsters are devouring this palace's every door and window.

The final resting place of the poets Shelley and Keats.

At the crypt of St. Mary of Eulogies and the Dead you are left alone to ponder mortality among piles of skulls.

Franciscan monks created a facsimile of the Holy Land for North Americans who couldn’t afford the trip overseas.

Mary Kelly was last seen here before she was murdered by Jack the Ripper.

This London pub hides a peculiar secret: a recreation of the rooms shared at 221b Baker Street by Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.