The remains of an ancient Roman city are hidden underneath Bologna's beautiful public library.

Legend has it this fountain built to symbolize the Pope’s power hides a strange secret concerning Neptune's manliness.

A striking memorial recalls thousands of Bolognese men and women killed fighting fascists in World War II.

A small window on Via Piella offers a lovely and rare peek at Bologna's lost canals.

The wreckage of a tragic plane crash is on display at this museum devoted to a famous Italian conspiracy.

Time has been frozen at this station since the bombing in 1980—or so it was believed.

This ultra-modern burial building would have stacked the dead like a giant filing cabinet.

A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.

The largest earthwork effigy in the world.

How did a massive marine arthropod find its way to landlocked Ohio?

Hundreds of Roman amphorae are stored in an ususpecting underground parking lot.

One of the earliest depictions of an Arthurian scene that is shrouded in mystery.

This beautiful 150-year-old synagogue survived Italy's fascist period and the Second World War.

The location of the last witch trials of Italy, known as "The Salem of Europe."

Ernest Hemingway was the first to sign this colorful wall covered in thousands of celebrity signatures.

A slingshot from this delightful collection is awarded each year to someone who has "pulled metaphorical slings in favor of the weak and marginalized."

This ancient structure appears Roman, but was constructed during the 16th century and was utilized until 1911.

An alien landscape on the banks of the Aegean Sea.

A miniature desert appears out of nowhere on the lush isle of Lemnos, like something out of a Greek myth.

An intricate network of underground tombs carved into volcanic rock.

This black sand beach was crafted from volcanic explosions including the historic Minoan eruption.

A quirky bookstore hidden beneath a sea of whitewashed Greek villas.