Ancona, Italy
Museo Omero (Tactile Museum)
In this museum, visitors are invited to touch the art.
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Ancona, Italy
In this museum, visitors are invited to touch the art.
Osimo, Italy
Church holding the preserved body of a levitating saint.
Botriolo, Italy
Leonardo da Vinci was one of many to find inspiration in this unique, rocky landscape in Tuscany.
Averara, Italy
Five painted skeletons are hiding behind a church in this tiny village in the Italian Alps.
Rome, Italy
An expansive collection donated by an heirless nobleman formed this admission-free civic museum.
Vicenza, Italy
Turtles swim in a pond surrounding a classical temple in this lush park in Vicenza.
Imola, Italy
Also known as "Hell Alley," this tiny street in Imola gained its name in a bloody episode in the 16th-century.
Turin, Italy
Europe's simulation of the Martian surface uses soil from Mount Vesuvius.
Santa Maria Capua Vetere, Italy
This Roman amphitheatre was also the location of the first gladiator school.
Massa Lubrense, Italy
A crumbling watchtower and a lighthouse overlooks the site believed to be the Sirens' cliff in the "Odyssey."
Imola, Italy
This castle was once the home of one of the most powerful women of the Renaissance.
Lampedusa e Linosa, Italy
A monument to the migrants who cross the dangerous waters between North Africa and a tiny Italian island.
Bologna, Italy
Time has been frozen at this station since the bombing in 1980—or so it was believed.
Albenga, Italy
A slingshot from this delightful collection is awarded each year to someone who has "pulled metaphorical slings in favor of the weak and marginalized."
Foresta, Italy
A trail of footprints discovered after a landslide was left not by the Devil, as originally believed, but by an early human ancestor.
Genoa, Italy
Although called a funicular by both its owner and the locals this historic railroad is actually a rack and pinion system.
Lallio, Italy
The walls of this tiny Italian church are entirely covered with frescoes.
Benevento, Italy
Unscathed for almost 2,000 years, the best preserved Roman triumphal arch is in a small southern Italian city.
Possagno, Italy
The home of a neoclassical master is now a shrine to his chosen art style.
Imola, Italy
An intact, still operating pharmacy from the 18th-century filled with numerous artifacts and paintings.
Padua, Italy
In medieval times this small stone seat was used as a bizarre way to punish insolvent debtors.
Santa Maria Navarrese, Italy
Packed with geological formations, an ancient river, and taxidermied seals, this overlooked coastal cave system is worth a spelunk.
Bominaco, Italy
This medieval oratory decorated in magnificent frescos was constructed after Charlemagne received a vision.
Dublin, Ireland
A museum that cashes in on its infamous little people while teaching you a thing or two about the Irish fey.