This ritzy Italian market is built around a statue of an unforgiven heretic who was burned for his belief in an endless universe.

This immaculate and historic water garden culminates in a massive stone dining table with an inset fountain for chilling the wine of the Cardinal's guests.

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

The engineering wonder and pleasure dome of a much-maligned emperor still holds undiscovered secrets.

This hidden Art Nouveau courtyard is an opulent feast for the eyes.

The skull of the patron saint of lovers lies in the Basilica di Santa Maria in Cosmedin—maybe.

2300-year-old Roman road connecting the empire.

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

The only "Egyptian" pyramid in Europe and the legendary tomb of Remus.

At the crypt of St. Mary of Eulogies and the Dead you are left alone to ponder mortality among piles of skulls.

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

Rome's semi-secret peephole vista is also a former Crusader stronghold.

Architectureal fantasy quarter of Rome.

Pompeii's less famous neighbor is still revealing her secrets.

Thousands of well-dressed mummies below a monastery.

Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.

The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."

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

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

A medieval weapon rumored to have been used by the brilliant poet himself.

Many famous English poets including Elizabeth Barrett Browning are laid to rest at this Swiss-owned cemetery in Florence.

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.

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

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