This massive neon wheel is the only one of its kind to be built over a bridge.

A clay house decorated with ceramic chips in Tianjin.

Home of the unusual art of water puppetry, one of Vietnam's oldest curiosities.

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

A Bronze age settlement on the Greek island of Santorini might have been the inspiration for Plato's Atlantis.

This black sand beach was crafted from volcanic explosions including the historic Minoan eruption.

A quirky bookstore hidden beneath a sea of whitewashed Greek villas.

This clifftop arch is a natural stunner.

A narrow opening between the mountains of the Amalfi Coast creates a scenic hidden beach.

This bronze boy sits on one of Capri's rocky cliffs, waving at the passing boats.

The once forbidden "secret cabinet" of erotic art from excavations of Pompeii and Herculaneum.

San Gennaro, the patron saint of Naples, greets pedestrians between these narrow city streets.

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

Every day is like Christmas on this street where the traditional Neapolitan nativity scene comes to life.

This 17th-century passageway is home to numerous bookshops, a witch legend, and the oldest pizzeria in the world.

These bronze horses on the gates of the Royal Palace of Naples were a gift from a Russian tsar.

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

A 1,000-year-old church holds the bones of the Christian martyrs who died hiding inside it.

One man's quest to fix his toilet unearthed over 5,000 artifacts spanning more than 2,000 years of history.

A long-buried ancient ruin unearthed right in the middle of the city.

Three underground crypts and a pointed arch under the bell tower make this cathedral unique among Romanesque churches.

Southern Italy's spinning top village.

A dead saint, a deadly poison, and a mysterious holy ooze.

An abandoned church gets a second life as a massive beer hall and event space.