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

The walls and streets of the ancient city are peppered with penises.

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

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

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

This monumental fountain has moved around the city multiple times.

A special area of the National Archaeological Museum of Naples is located inside a metro station.

In a city that boasts four separate inclined cable railways, this is one of the busiest funicular lines in the world.

Every day is like Christmas on this street where the traditional Neapolitan nativity scene comes to life.

These "anatomical machines" are only one of the many strange items in this Italian crypt.

This shining multicolored metro station deep under Naples is said to be the most beautiful in Europe.

Next to the Leaning Tower of Pisa is a cemetery home to ancient sarcophagi and disturbing murals.

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

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

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

Legend says this mysterious stone head belongs to a woman who was petrified by an alchemist.

Secret refuge and museum of the Duke of Florence.

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

Over 50 exquisite hand-painted Renaissance maps decorate a Medici storage room.

The middle finger of modernity.

According to tradition this is the oldest church in Venice, but its actual age is a mystery.