Visitors dating back to the 1600s carved their marks in the stones of the iconic tower.

Explore this medieval cathedral by trying to spot all the malevolent monsters hiding in its beautifully colored windows.

Explore the five senses depicted on this protruding Gothic window.

A medieval fresco which reminds visitors that death will come for us all.

Artistic tombs, monuments, and a beautiful "Hall of Fame" lurk inside this cemetery.

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

An ossuary built in 1210 to collect bones from the Ospedale Maggiore of Milan.

Third time's a charm, or in this case, two testicles are.

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

This giant middle finger statue sends an unambiguous message to Italy's bankers.

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

A brutalist gem towering over the heart of Milan.

A stately castle in the northern Italian countryside has been restored after years of neglect.

Legend says the only thing buried within this magnificent tomb was a dog.

This sculpture of a rhinoceros suspended above a city square is meant to evoke the weight of the human condition.

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

This winding road through an Italian canyon may be the most scenic drive in the world.

A military museum, art park, mausoleum, and architectural oddity all on one fascist's estate.

On the shores of Lake Garda, the ruins of a Roman villa that allegedly belonged to the poet Catullus.

One of the most well-preserved castles in Italy also contains a rare medieval example of a port fortification.

The skulls and bones of thousands of soldiers line the walls of this small Italian chapel.

Pilgrimage site for star-crossed lovers.

It’s said this crypt was the setting for the tragic finale of the Shakespeare play.

A small villa said to have inspired the design of the court jester at the heart of Giuseppe Verdi's 1851 opera.