The studio built by fascists in the hopes of "reviving the film industry" with the occasional propaganda film opportunity thrown in.

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

This bronze boar's snout has been rubbed to a golden sheen by visitors seeking good fortune.

A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.

In Florence's great Duomo, a 26 foot fresco honors a mercenary famous for attacking Florence.

A large grotto built in the 16th century amidst Florence's famous Boboli gardens.

This private skyway is filled with art and was expanded explicitly so that Hitler could appreciate a river.

Renaissance hospital featuring a rotating door into which unwanted babies were dropped.

Medieval torture techniques with a modern conscience.

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

This sword isn't waiting for a king to pull it out. It was placed there by a saint.

These gutted monastery ruins still stand proudly in the middle of the Italian countryside.

The oldest inn in England served brew to the crusaders.

There are lots of hands and feet stamped in the cement in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater, but Mel left behind something extra.

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.

One of Antoni Gaudí's most classic buildings is well-known for its "dragon-back" design.

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

Construction of Barcelona’s iconic (but controversial) church was finally completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.

Gaudí's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.

Small on the outside, big on the inside, this church is an astonishing act of visual deception.

The giant skeleton sculpture is surprisingly well-traveled.

Milan's duomo is covered in beautiful carving including a curious "dinosaur-like" beast.

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