Milan, Italy
Cimitero di Guerra di Milano (Milan War Cemetery)
A British Commonwealth cemetery in the heart of Milan, with 421 allied soldiers died during World War II.
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Milan, Italy
A British Commonwealth cemetery in the heart of Milan, with 421 allied soldiers died during World War II.
Piacenza, Italy
The entire known universe of the ancient Etruscans is held inside this bronze model of a sheep’s liver.
Duino, Italy
Europe's only Temple of Mithras located in a natural cave.
Portici, Italy
Before the more famous Royal Palace of Caserta, the king of Naples first commissioned this overlooked residence.
Messina, Italy
Climb the dead electric pylons of Messina.
Erice, Italy
Tourists to the mountaintop Sicilian town often overlook its ancient fortifications.
Province of Isernia, Italy
The hermit's humble home is hidden near the forested peak of Monte Marrone.
Ascoli Piceno, Italy
According to a local legend, this bridge was constructed by an astrologer with the help of the devil.
Rome, Italy
A 15th-century monumental Latin inscription on this house celebrates Lorenzo Manilio's love for Rome.
Canneto sull'Oglio, Italy
Photographs of the faces of the town's dead cover the walls of this small Italian church.
Padua, Italy
The tomb of the mythological founder of Padua is not hidden in some obscure crypt, but stands right in the middle of the city square.
Turin, Italy
Some people believe that this makeshift space monitoring station received transmissions from clandestine cosmonauts.
Fiumefreddo Bruzio, Italy
The ruins of this medieval castle now stand as a monument against all wars.
Cottanello, Italy
When occupying Nazi troops detonated a mine below, medieval frescoes were revealed in this small cliff-side hermitage.
Soriano nel Cimino, Italy
This archaeological site built into a tuff outcrop is filled with rock dwellings, the ruins of a medieval castle, and a necropolis.
Pianoro, Italy
A great white whale sculpture now sits in the location where the remains of a prehistoric cetacean were found.
Convento Praglia, Italy
In this nearly 1,000-year-old monastery, monks painstakingly restore old books.
Rovereto, Italy
An abandoned piece of phallic art repurposed by locals into a makeshift fertility shrine.
Turin, Italy
This Art Nouveau mansion was used as the "House of the Screaming Child" in Dario Argento’s giallo classic.
Mantua, Italy
The oldest church in Mantua was buried for centuries under the facades of other structures.
Pisa, Italy
Inside features a display of how artistic crucifixes transformed throughout the centuries.
Dezzo, Italy
This house certainly has a unique decor.
Marsala, Italy
These ruins of a Phoenician sanctuary in Sicily have a dark history.
Trieste, Italy
This Roman monument is surrounded by more recent construction, offering a stark contrast between ancient architecture and the modern urban landscape.