A collection of wax anatomy by the great sculptor Clemente Susini.

Massive galleon from a box-office bomb docked in Genoa.

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

The secret medieval communication system will whisk your words above the noise of the crowd.

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

A fake medieval village in the middle of Turin.

The bomb-ravaged remains of of a colossal Neptune.

The astonishing collection of an infamous criminologist.

An ancient artistic garden parlor full of hidden water wonders.

This giant middle finger statue sends an unambiguous message to Italy's bankers.

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.

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

Two stunning 17th-century libraries and a cabinet of curiosities.

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

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

Long-abandoned art nouveau baths beneath Milan's Piazza Oberdan.

Remnants of cone-shaped fascist bomb shelters in Milan.

An ossuary built in 1210 to collect bones from the Ospedale Maggiore of Milan.

This anonymous businessman sculpted in bronze became an enduring memorial after 9/11, and had been mistaken by rescue workers for a survivor in the rubble.

Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.

The "Seinfeld" diner.

The most confusing clock in New York.

Love, knishes, and best wishes from this legendary Lower East Side bakery.

A curious fountain that has no water and includes Satan, a crab, and 9 giraffes.