Orvieto, Italy
Orvieto Underground
This picturesque Umbrian city has a subterranean side that has long remained hidden.
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Orvieto, Italy
This picturesque Umbrian city has a subterranean side that has long remained hidden.
Rome, Italy
Inside this McDonald's you can dine on your Big Mac and fries next to a 2,500-year-old Roman wall.
San Fruttuoso, Italy
A sunken idol welcomes parishioners to Davy Jones' Locker.
Melendugno, Italy
Dramatic sea stacks adorn the coast of this small village on the Adriatic coast.
Pramarzo, Italy
Eco-village hidden in the foothills of the Alps that created a massive system of psychedelic underground temples.
Ravenna, Italy
Filled with goldfish swimming in a shallow pool of sea water, this ancient crypt is more wishing well than burial site.
Viterbo, Italy
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.
Milan, Italy
One of the world’s smallest bars, just 13 square feet, is brimming with speakeasy flair.
Balestrino, Italy
Abandoned medieval hill town.
Naples, Italy
Skulls from the plague of 1656 and World War II bombings are united by a cult dedicated to caring for the ancient dead.
La Maddalena, Italy
Crushed coral and crystals give the sand its signature coloration.
Genga, Italy
This domed temple was built in a hidden cave mouth as a refuge for sinners seeking absolution.
Milan, Italy
A Milanese café entirely designed by the American director Wes Anderson.
Naples, Italy
The once forbidden "secret cabinet" of erotic art from excavations of Pompeii and Herculaneum.
Florence, Italy
Over 50 exquisite hand-painted Renaissance maps decorate a Medici storage room.
Ferrara di Monte Baldo, Italy
This centuries-old Italian chapel hangs midway down a sheer cliffside.
Montegabbione (TR), Italy
This 16th-century monastery has been turned into a surrealist architecture compound.
Naples, Italy
A labyrinth of ancient tunnels hidden below the city holds the ruins of 2,500 years of history.
Province of Matera, Italy
An Italian hillside ghost town.
Civita, Italy
This quaint Italian town keeps losing ground as the sides of its plateau slowly erode.
Rome, Italy
This beautiful park on the outskirts of Rome protects the ruins of two colossal ancient aqueducts.
Anacapri, Italy
The glowing blue Nymphaeum of Emperor Tiberius.
Milan, Italy
An ossuary built in 1210 to collect bones from the Ospedale Maggiore of Milan.
Rome, Italy
The engineering wonder and pleasure dome of a much-maligned emperor still holds undiscovered secrets.