The fountain marks the area where hundreds of accused witches were burned at the stake.

A submerged archeological park still holds the wonders of a Roman Sodom.

Massive galleon from a box-office bomb docked in Genoa.

In a city that boasts four separate inclined cable railways, this is one of the busiest funicular lines in the world.

Beautiful views and Roman-style statues on the Italian coast.

People have been living in the cave houses on this Italian hillside since the Neolithic era.

Southern Italy's spinning top village.

A sulfuric hellscape in southern Italy.

Erotic art covers the walls of the largest ancient pleasure palace.

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.

This medieval Italian town is a sheer (and beautiful) cliffside defense.

Pilgrimage site for star-crossed lovers.

Virgil's many-mouthed gateway to the underworld.

The final resting place of the poets Shelley and Keats.

Skulls from the plague of 1656 and World War II bombings are united by a cult dedicated to caring for the ancient dead.

The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.

This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.

Machismo turned on its head: the lady's hand goes to the dude with the bigger brain.

Climb inside an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times its normal size.

This one-time health resort was used by aristocrats around the world.

Launchpad for the US military’s dead mouse operation to battle millions of snakes.

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.