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

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

A plaque on the base of this statue holds a bewitching design.

This small Newfoundland town has declared itself the “Root Cellar Capital of the World.”

Originally meant to hold a statue of King William IV, this support sat empty for years. Today, it hosts a rotating cast of public artwork.

In a small Japanese garden off a busy Denver street, a memorial to a brave, principled politician.

This museum offers an actual time machine back through Colorado's past.

A Rocky Mountain city provides a happy ending for a pinto pony and his Brobdingnagian red chair.

Louise Bourgeois' 30-foot-tall steel spider sculpture.

One of the greatest heroes of the Titanic tragedy came from humble beginnings to this beautiful home.

Overlooking the Colorado Convention Center is this giant sculpture made from thousands of triangles.

Along with his smaller donkey pal, he guards the museum’s exhibits and memorabilia.

When a supermarket opened up shop within a medieval building it became protected by UNESCO on a technicality.

An ancient knight and a symbol of the city's freedom.

This massive, ancient stone was disassembled and then put back together again.

This oddly named town refuses to change its phallic moniker.

The first transatlantic wireless signal was received at this 17th-century fort.

A World War II gun battery sits at the easternmost point of North America.

The longest and widest floating bridge in the world.

This unreal Portuguese palace looks as though it's made from a pile of different castles.

This impressive working clock made of 16,000 plants changes its flowers twice a year.

An abandoned 1970s theme park that has been turned into a space for waterfront walking.

Only six people can sit inside this delightfully quaint sanctuary.

Hans Christian Andersen for the postmodern world.