Pompeii's less famous neighbor is still revealing her secrets.

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

Fortified medieval tower house with lovely roof garden.

A hidden fishing village on Sicily's Ionian coast, known for the legend of a shepherd, a nymph, and a jealous Cyclops.

This enormous sardine in the Segura River pays tribute to an annual post-Lent tradition.

This beautiful early 20th-century military barracks now has numerous more peaceful uses

Commemorating a unique medieval profession: men who collected feces.

A statue beloved by—and named by—the local townsfolk it represents.

An oversized, oddly designed pedestrian overpass has drawn comparisons to a commode for pachyderms.

This peculiar museum offers hands-on interaction with seemingly intangible principles of mathematics.

Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.

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

Where Venice's gondolas go for a tune-up.

The pile of books behind the dignified writer gave the statue a most undignified nickname.

Venice's island of the dead.

100 year tradition of fist fights, marked by marble footsteps.