Long-abandoned art nouveau baths beneath Milan's Piazza Oberdan.

Sip a Negroni Sbagliato in the bar that invented it.

For decades, vendors have sold clothes once worn by American soldiers who stormed Italy in the 1940s.

This amazingly well-preserved villa just outside Pompeii boasts rare examples of ancient Roman paintings.

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

A sulfuric hellscape in southern Italy.

Italy's third-largest Roman arena gives a peek into the underground operations beneath the ancient spectacles.

Italy's "New Mountain" rose from the ground in a volcanic eruption in 1538.

According to the legend, this structure was built in a single night with the help of the devil.

This monumental fountain has moved around the city multiple times.

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

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

Does this church in Naples hold the true tomb of Vlad the Impaler, the notoriously cruel figure who inspired Bram Stoker's Dracula?

The relics of dozens of martyrs are stored in a single chapel.

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

A special area of the National Archaeological Museum of Naples is located inside a metro station.

The sacristy of this church contains remains and relics of members of the Aragonese royal family.

These "anatomical machines" are only one of the many strange items in this Italian crypt.

The Neapolitan Cult of the Dead still cares for the skulls at this mini-Fontanelle.

Locals pay their respects at a shrine to soccer player Diego Maradona—which claims to contain a real lock of his hair.

An unusual "skull with ears" sits in the crypt of this small church tucked away at the end of a narrow alley.

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

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

This medieval city gate is now a blend of the past and the modern world.