Fortified medieval tower house with lovely roof garden.

Water and windows define this defensive Italian well.

These gutted monastery ruins still stand proudly in the middle of the Italian countryside.

A lover's walk between hilltop towns, decorated with graffiti love notes.

Romans built the world's tallest artificial waterfall in 271 BC.

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

The bomb-ravaged remains of of a colossal Neptune.

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

This single room has survived the centuries with almost no deterioration.

The only substantial part of Nazi Germany's formidable defensive line through Northern Italy that survives today, largely intact.

A stunning bridge that appears as if it's lunging to the shore, and has a legend of a devilish architect.

The towering Pinocchio stands 63 feet tall in the Italian village his creator frequented as a child.

Walk through a fairytale in Tuscany.

The world's most active stratovolcano is almost always erupting.

These medieval skyscrapers dominate the skyline of this small Tuscan town.

This Tuscan lake hides a 13th century town that is still visible when the water recedes.

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.

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

Pilgrimage site for star-crossed lovers.

This sword isn't waiting for a king to pull it out. It was placed there by a saint.

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

Rome’s legendary peephole vista is also a former Crusader stronghold.

According to the local folklore, the myriad colors of this lake are the result of a lovelorn wizard's blunder.

Geothermal waterfalls in Tuscany.