Rome, Italy
Borromini's Perspective Gallery of Palazzo Spada
This gallery commissioned by Cardinal Spada is known for its magnificent optical illusion.
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Rome, Italy
This gallery commissioned by Cardinal Spada is known for its magnificent optical illusion.
Turin, Italy
The astonishing collection of an infamous criminologist.
Milan, Italy
Milan's duomo is covered in beautiful carving including a curious "dinosaur-like" beast.
Sasso di Castalda, Italy
Crossing this suspension bridge feels like walking through the sky, a fitting tribute to the head of the Apollo program.
Rome, Italy
The mystic whose incorrupt corpse still attracts the faithful.
Rome, Italy
A burial vault located under Tiber Island in the middle of the Italian capital.
Lanzo D'intelvi, Italy
The Sighignola summit on the Swiss border offers views so breathtaking it's been named one of the most beautiful places in Italy.
Palermo, Italy
This mosaic-lined medieval church was built by the world's first admiral and still holds mass in ancient Greek.
Pramarzo, Italy
Eco-village hidden in the foothills of the Alps that created a massive system of psychedelic underground temples.
Florence, Italy
This museum is rotten with a century of wax medical deformities.
Rome, Italy
A treasure trove of Renaissance-era funerary art in a Roman church built on top of Nero's grave.
Isola San Giulio, Italy
A fairytale island floats in the middle of Italy's little-known Lake Orta.
Naples, Italy
An underground paleo-Christian burial site composed of the remains of several cemeteries and Basilicas.
Florence, Italy
The graveyard is filled with beautiful funerary art and boasts breathtaking views of Florence.
Venice, Italy
The plague quarantine island home to the alleged "Vampire of Venice."
Balestrino, Italy
Abandoned medieval hill town.
Doganella di Ninfa, Italy
Ruins of a 10th century church tucked away deep in a botanical garden.
Triora, Italy
The location of the last witch trials of Italy, known as "The Salem of Europe."
Montegabbione (TR), Italy
This 16th-century monastery has been turned into a surrealist architecture compound.
Rome, Italy
A hospital where antique dolls are given new life.
Cortenova, Italy
The abandoned "Ghost Mansion" was left to decay in the mountains of Northern Italy.
Naples, Italy
These "anatomical machines" are only one of the many strange items in this Italian crypt.
Naples, Italy
Dug as a secret royal escape route, the tunnel became a wartime bomb shelter and dumping ground for vintage cars.
Civita, Italy
This quaint Italian town keeps losing ground as the sides of its plateau slowly erode.