100 year tradition of fist fights, marked by marble footsteps.

Medieval torture techniques with a modern conscience.

This mosaic-lined medieval church was built by the world's first admiral and still holds mass in ancient Greek.

Milan's duomo is covered in beautiful carving including a curious "dinosaur-like" beast.

An underground paleo-Christian burial site composed of the remains of several cemeteries and Basilicas.

Filled with goldfish swimming in a shallow pool of sea water, this ancient crypt is more wishing well than burial site.

Dug as a secret royal escape route, the tunnel became a wartime bomb shelter and dumping ground for vintage cars.

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

Pilgrimage site for star-crossed lovers.

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

This domed temple was built in a hidden cave mouth as a refuge for sinners seeking absolution.

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.

An Italian hillside ghost town.

A labyrinth of ancient tunnels hidden below the city holds the ruins of 2,500 years of history.

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

An ossuary built in 1210 to collect bones from the Ospedale Maggiore of Milan.

Thousands of well-dressed mummies below a monastery.

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

This picturesque Umbrian city has a subterranean side that has long remained hidden.

An omelette made with over 1,000 eggs may have been prepared when Holy Roman Emperor Charles V visited this monastery.

Only the facade of this house was built so a father could fool his son.

This medieval castle was reconstructed by Carlo Scarpa.

Nobles would stage mock naval battles on this large lake at the Royal Palace of Caserta.

This massive rock balanced for thousands of years being tossed here during a volcanic eruption.