Prove you deserve to be fed by Kenny Shopsin.

Become a prohibition rebel.

During the 19th century, you could pay for violence off a prix fixe menu on this Manhattan street.

Avoid gangster interaction while window-shopping.

This sculpture by artist Fritz Keonig survived the 9/11 attacks and now stands as a monument to the victims.

The world's largest reflecting pool is just two centimeters deep.

The doodles of a genius line the walls of a secret room under the Medici Chapel, where they were hidden for nearly 500 years.

Installed in an act of one-upsmanship, the annual sundial in this church is also a symbolic victory for the Gregorian calendar.

A master of trompe-l'oeil creates a stunning, tourist-fooling dome out of a flat ceiling.

Hidden beneath the famous St. Peter's Basilica is a veritable city of the dead that may hold the remains of St. Peter himself.

Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.

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

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

The Emperor Tiberius' palace of debauchery.

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

As can be expected from a centuries old church built in a canal city, the undercroft of this house of worship is beautifully flooded.

Mozart's skull may be held in this collection, but definitive proof continues to elude scientists.

Baroque celebration of the end of the Great Plague of Vienna.

Op-art architecture designed for happiness.

A whimsical bridge adorned with decorative dragons.

A musical instrument played by the sea.

Gargoyle head that brings good luck.

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

This remarkably well-preserved Egyptian plinth is pretty well traveled for a giant piece of stone.