Rome's ancient Etruscan rival, now a park full of ruins.

A detailed pachyderm supports Rome's smallest Egyptian obelisk.

A lover's walk between hilltop towns, decorated with graffiti love notes.

Italian cave with exceptional acoustics and an unsavory history.

This strange bovine gargoyle is said to have been put in as a passive aggressive form of revenge.

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

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

In the early Roman Empire, people deemed traitors and criminals were tossed to their deaths from this rock.

Ancient ruins hidden underneath a modern luxury hotel.

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

Venice's island of the dead.

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

This gallery commissioned by Cardinal Spada is known for its magnificent optical illusion.

The ruins of the largest gladiatorial school in Rome are largely hidden under modern streets.

This is the oldest Roman-made bridge in the city still existing in its original state.

The "Great Sewer" of ancient Rome is one of the oldest sewer systems in the world, and is still in use.

A treasure trove of Renaissance-era funerary art in a Roman church built on top of Nero's grave.

This hill made entirely of ancient Roman jars was simply a garbage dump to the people of the time.

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

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

This ancient Roman prison is decorated with an upside-down cross not as blasphemy but as saintly tribute.

This curious, round temple is the oldest still-standing marble building in Rome.

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

A huge enchanting public park just outside the ancient walls of Rome.