Overlooked amid the tourist bustle of Florence, this museum is dedicated to the craft of stone inlay.

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.

The graveyard is filled with beautiful funerary art and boasts breathtaking views of 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.

The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.

The tradition of open-air secondhand and antiquarian bookselling in Paris dates back to the Renaissance.

This demon atop the Notre-Dame de Paris looks utterly bored.

Ordinary art transforms to extraordinary thanks to locals' quirky sense of humor.

A phantasmagoric tomb honors a Belgian artist-scientist's contributions to the world of spooky entertainment.

The tomb of history's greatest potato promoter is surrounded by tubers.

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

Among the busts of heroes of the Roman Republic of 1849, there is also a statue of a boy and his dog.

This one-of-a-kind Roman arch is not actually dedicated to the god Janus.

The remains of this 2nd-century Roman temple are incorporated into a modern building.

The ruins of the largest gladiatorial school in Rome are largely hidden under modern streets.

This amazingly well-preserved villa just outside Pompeii boasts rare examples of ancient Roman paintings.

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

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

Secret refuge and museum of the Duke of Florence.

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

The bizarre visions of H.R. Giger, tucked away in a Swiss medieval city.

Named after an outlaw who used the basin as a hideout.

The drama of nature in full effect in this Nevada State Park.