One of the world's oldest working clocks is curiously missing the Zodiac sign of Libra.

A medieval castle was used for centuries as a hemp farm.

A modest museum in the final home of Italian poet and father of modern Italian, Francesco Petrarca.

A sudden, striking cluster of hills south of Padua has been attracting visitors for centuries.

The world's oldest surviving anatomical theater, where "the dead are pleased to help the living."

One of the oldest still-working clocks in the world sits on an ancient tower.

An extensive collection of reliquaries containing the bones of saints housed in the largest Catholic church in Venice.

According to tradition this is the oldest church in Venice, but its actual age is a mystery.

The pile of books behind the dignified writer gave the statue a most undignified nickname.

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

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

Once home to one of the oldest banks in the world, this building is also where Marco Polo's famous travelogue was written.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

What looks like a suicide in progress is actually a statue of Sigmund Freud.

A Jenga-style cylindrical tower of books that appears to go on forever.

This tipsy office building in downtown Prague was originally called “Fred and Ginger.”

A bust of Franz Kafka spins in pieces, reflecting the writer's inner torment.

Synagogue built from the stones of Solomon's temple contains the golem of Prague.

Monument to a suicide protesting the Soviet invasion.

A turn of the century building boasting some of the most beautiful art nouveau architecture in Prague.

Steadily reminding Czechia of its past.

One of the famous Czech artist's lesser-known Prague installations appears to be a glowing fetus affixed to a drainpipe.

This spooky statue sits outside a famous Prague theater.

A giant interactive periodic table with real samples of the elements.