A small island with shimmering pink sands, home to loggerhead turtles and rare plants.

A bronze monument to his majesty, King Gino.

Italy's curious field of mud volcanoes is named for being both gross AND salty.

South of Bologna, a limestone grotto with a protruding waterfall and a floor full of cave pearls.

This abandoned Greek island was the last active leper colony in Europe.

A minotaur, a labyrinth, and a dubious restoration pull in visitors from around the world.

This building has a giant piercing through one of its corners.

This building was designed to celebrate Italy's victory in World War I.

When this funny little building went up in the 19th century, most people thought it would simply fall over.

Next to the Leaning Tower of Pisa is a cemetery home to ancient sarcophagi and disturbing murals.

This bustling Italian plaza is built on the ruins of an ancient Roman amphitheater.

The naturally mummified body of a peasant girl saint.

One of the tallest bell towers in Italy plays a particular melody at just two times each day.

One of the world's oldest working clocks is curiously missing the Zodiac sign of Libra.

Built to repay the sins of the father, this church is home to one of the most valuable works of Western art.

The incorrupt tongue of the patron saint of lost things is venerated in this basilica.

One of the largest squares in Europe contains an entire artificial island.

A modest museum in the final home of Italian poet and father of modern Italian, Francesco Petrarca.

A sudden, striking cluster of hills south of Padua has been attracting visitors for centuries.

This fountain is dedicated to the workers who perished constructing the Fréjus Rail Tunnel.

The intricate geometry inside this Baroque-style dome was designed to create "terror of the human soul."

The mountaintop inspiration for Umberto Eco's "The Name of the Rose."

Also known as "Hell Alley," this tiny street in Imola gained its name in a bloody episode in the 16th-century.

This work of engineering is imbued with elegance and ingeniousness.