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This ancient altar emerges from the thick forests to reveal the mysteries of Etruscan sacrificial rituals.

Things seem to roll, flow and run uphill on this short patch of road near Ariccia, Italy.

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

The titular "little arch" near this Italian resort is one of the most popular diving spots in the country.

An unusual house built using an iso-elastic membrane.

A cherry tree growing atop a mulberry tree.

One of the highest emergency huts in the world has been waiting almost a century to give imperiled climbers a place to lie down.

A 12th-century Italian skirmish gets reenacted with 500,000 pounds of flying citrus.

Centuries ago, red and white wine poured from the statue's breasts whenever a new Venetian ruler was elected.

Windblown rock formations in an ancient Roman quarry.

Explore the quarry where the marble was sourced for Michaelangelo's David.

Now an entertainment complex, the Lingotto building was once an avant-garde auto factory with a test track on the roof.

Mysterious tombstones thought to be remnants of Atlantis.

A petite white lighthouse perched on the ancient core of Stromboli Volcano.

One of the world's oldest working clocks is curiously missing the Zodiac sign of Libra.

A unique form of erosion created an uncanny landscape of boulders perched atop slender columns of clay.

Contains some of the world's more disturbing wax anatomical models.

What looks like a link in Gondor's early warning system is actually a centuries-old Italian fortress.

A medieval fountain lined with 99 unique stone faces whose origins and meaning remain unknown.

The highest waterfall in Italy is only "turned on" five times a year.

The small peaceful island off the Venice tourist circuit is where the city began more than 1,500 years ago.

Naturally preserved bodies are eerily staged throughout the crypt in varying poses.

A factory director designed what was the world's longest suspension footbridge in 1923 so his employees could get to work safely.

A madman's personal garden filled with 1,000 sculpted heads.