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

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

A brutalist gem towering over the heart of Milan.

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

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

Third time's a charm, or in this case, two testicles are.

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

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

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

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

The famous sculptor left his mark on this Italian wall in an internationally protected example of street art.

A small but very fascinating fountain in the center of Rome with four books and a deer carved.

A master of trompe-l'oeil creates a stunning, tourist-fooling dome out of a flat ceiling.

A deep mark on the remains of a Roman temple, believed to be left by a legendary warrior.

The spot where the fascist dictator made some of his most famous speeches including declaring war on Britain and France.

This statue is the only female representation of Rome's "talking statues."

A statue representing a lost Roman profession that was vandalized for centuries.

This subterranean shrine beneath a bike rental store celebrates the iconic Italian scooter.

Brass cobblestones mark the places where individual Holocaust victims were taken from their homes.

The only remaining arch of the oldest stone bridge in Rome stands in the middle of the Tiber.

This is the oldest Roman-made bridge in the city still existing in its original state.

This small church was constructed over the ruins of three temples dating to the Roman Republic.

In the early Roman Empire, people deemed traitors and criminals were tossed to their deaths from this rock.

Legend has it that this bronze orb, which sat atop an ancient Egyptian obelisk, once held the ashes of Julius Caesar.