Pilgrimage site for star-crossed lovers.

This bronze boar's snout has been rubbed to a golden sheen by visitors seeking good fortune.

This 16th-century monastery has been turned into a surrealist architecture compound.

The famous sculptor left his mark on this Italian wall in an internationally protected example of street art.

This quaint Italian town keeps losing ground as the sides of its plateau slowly erode.

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.

This palatial spiral staircase was so unusual the name "snail" was given to the noble family who built it.

This enchanting 600-year-old tree is so magical it inspired the beloved tale of Pinocchio.

The largest and most famous wax anatomical collection anywhere in the world.

Geothermal waterfalls in Tuscany.

This ritzy Italian market is built around a statue of an unforgiven heretic who was burned for his belief in an endless universe.

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

The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."

Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.