A detailed pachyderm supports Rome's smallest Egyptian obelisk.

Thousand-year-old Viking runes adorn an ancient Greek lion at the entrance to the Venetian Arsenal.

People have been living in the cave houses on this Italian hillside since the Neolithic era.

A sunken idol welcomes parishioners to Davy Jones' Locker.

Where Aleister Crowley taught magick in "La Chambre Des Cauchemars," his "Chamber of Nightmares."

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

This magical-looking island is notorious for the misfortunes suffered by its owners.

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.

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

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

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

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

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.

An Italian hillside ghost town.

The largest and most famous wax anatomical collection anywhere in the world.

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

The glowing blue Nymphaeum of Emperor Tiberius.

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

Thousands of well-dressed mummies below a monastery.

Stalactites and stalagmites in a beautifully lit cave.

This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.

A submerged archeological park still holds the wonders of a Roman Sodom.

An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.