A massive natural rock arch gives the Tuscan mountain its own window to the sky.

A stunning bridge that appears as if it's lunging to the shore, and has a legend of a devilish architect.

Small on the outside, big on the inside, this church is an astonishing act of visual deception.

A modern sliver of architecture in Roma.

Southern Italy's spinning top village.

The studio built by fascists in the hopes of "reviving the film industry" with the occasional propaganda film opportunity thrown in.

Two very green residential towers cleaning the air in one of Europe's most polluted cities.

An Italian ghost town that fought obscurity, until a mysterious illness brought it to its knees.

A Milanese café entirely designed by the American director Wes Anderson.

The world's most active stratovolcano is almost always erupting.

This Tuscan lake hides a 13th century town that is still visible when the water recedes.

This beautiful park on the outskirts of Rome protects the ruins of two colossal ancient aqueducts.

Museum dedicated to literary greats of the Romantic Period is also the home in which Keats met his untimely end.

Romans built the world's tallest artificial waterfall in 271 BC.

Walk through a fairytale in Tuscany.

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

This private skyway is filled with art and was expanded explicitly so that Hitler could appreciate a river.

The remains of a town so thoroughly destroyed by French forces that the citizens simply left.

Medieval town turned hippie commune, once home to the secret foreskin of Jesus Christ.

This ritzy Italian market is built around a statue of an unforgiven heretic who was burned for his belief in an endless universe.

Pilgrimage site for star-crossed lovers.

A fairy tale castle in modern Rome.

This 16th-century monastery has been turned into a surrealist architecture compound.

Architectureal fantasy quarter of Rome.