Italy
The Grotto Church of Saint Michael
A spiritual sanctuary in a natural cave.
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Italy
A spiritual sanctuary in a natural cave.
Lecce, Italy
An eccentric artist's abode in this small Italian town has been transformed into a surreal temple of mosaic madness.
Lecce, Italy
A long-buried ancient ruin unearthed right in the middle of the city.
Lecce, Italy
One man's quest to fix his toilet unearthed over 5,000 artifacts spanning more than 2,000 years of history.
Melendugno, Italy
Dramatic sea stacks adorn the coast of this small village on the Adriatic coast.
Otranto, Italy
A 1,000-year-old church holds the bones of the Christian martyrs who died hiding inside it.
Stromboli, Italy
A volcanic old faithful, Stromboli has been erupting continuously for the last 2000 years.
Stromboli, Italy
A petite white lighthouse perched on the ancient core of Stromboli Volcano.
Tropea, Italy
A fairytale-like medieval church perched atop a rocky cliff on Italy's "Coast of the Gods."
Stilo, Italy
A small Byzantine church lost in the middle of the mountains of southern Italy.
Crotone, Italy
A single column facing the sea is all that's left of one of the most important temples of Magna Graecia.
Colobraro, Italy
Just saying the name of this town out loud is said to bring bad luck.
Sasso di Castalda, Italy
Crossing this suspension bridge feels like walking through the sky, a fitting tribute to the head of the Apollo program.
Province of Matera, Italy
An Italian hillside ghost town.
Andria, Italy
Geometry and mystery come together in an epic show of octagonal masonry.
Monopoli, Italy
Macabre symbols of death and mummies on display set the tone of this Italian purgatory church.
Pietrapertosa, Italy
The steel cable lets adventurers zoom between two mountain towns at speeds of up to 75 miles per hour.
Alberobello, Italy
Southern Italy's spinning top village.
Matera, Italy
An abandoned quarry hides an open-air gallery of huge sculptures, some made from the rubble of 9/11.
Matera, Italy
People have been living in the cave houses on this Italian hillside since the Neolithic era.
Matera, Italy
A cave in southern Italy adorned with thousand-year-old Biblical frescoes existed in obscurity until fairly recently.
Saint-Bernard, France
This stunning natural double arch, the largest in the Alps, went undiscovered until 2005.
Bollène, France
Series of underground houses inhabited continuously for centuries.
Pont-en-Royans, France
These quaint French houses dangle precariously over a precipice.