The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

A giant knight, sex education, date shakes, and Jesus coexist happily in this Coachella Valley desert oasis.

A giant desert bird that once swung music fans at Coachella now has a home in a nearby traffic circle.

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

This grisly effigy displays an early Christian martyr who was skinned alive and beheaded.

Memorials at a Florence railway station remember the citizens who were deported from Italy and sent to extermination camps.

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

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

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

A copy of the famous statue can be found in this Florence piazza, along with one of the most breathtaking views of the city below.

This real life asylum of horrors is now an abandoned ruin that hides the unbreakable code to one patient's insanity.

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

First founded in 1472, this is the oldest bank in the world. Its history may explain why we call financial institutions "banks."

This 29-ton granite ball spins around at the slightest touch thanks to a scientific phenomenon.

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