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This high-speed test track is popular with car manufacturers, speed freaks and orbiting astronauts.

According to Greek mythology, this natural spring is the home of a freshwater nymph.

A fairy-tale-like forest that was sacred to Jupiter and Saint Anthony.

This lake was sacred to the Sabine people who constructed a temple here on a floating island.

The tallest statue in Italy is also one of the world's tallest statues of Jesus.

This crystal clear water basin feeds the Lao river and powers a hydroelectric power plant.

An abandoned piece of phallic art repurposed by locals into a makeshift fertility shrine.

In this museum, visitors are invited to touch the art.

Europe's simulation of the Martian surface uses soil from Mount Vesuvius.

These unique "earth pyramid" clay columns can be found in ravines around the village of Tirolo.

This castle was once the home of one of the most powerful women of the Renaissance.

A trail of footprints discovered after a landslide was left not by the Devil, as originally believed, but by an early human ancestor.

A mountain cave is the site of archaeological findings and Paleolithic rock art.

A small thermal park among the mountains of Southern Italy features a surprising piece of modern art.

The world's largest "Christmas tree" is illuminated by hundreds of lights stretching 2,000 feet up the slope of Mount Ingino.

A limestone grotto where daylight filters in from below and turns the water a beautiful turquoise. Also home to a small underwater nativity scene.

In Lago Superiore, the largest expanse of lotus flowers outside of Asia is hard to miss.

A devastating landslide accidentally created this tourist hotspot.

Contrary to what its name suggests, you won't find any bunnies here.

The oldest scientifically dated tree in Europe lives on a remote cliff.

Famous landmarks and structures from across Italy fill this miniature park.

A lonesome Moai stands in a small Italian town some 9,000 miles away from its Easter Island brethren.

Was this cave created by Hercules's wrath, the devil, or volcanic activity?

When a massive landslide hit one of the world's tallest dams it created a tragic environmental disaster.