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Known as the Royal Palace of the Euganean Hills, this often overlooked castle has been home for multiple noble families over the centuries.

Caligula's colossal pleasure ships, discovered by Mussolini only to be lost in flames.

A 2,000-year-old engineering wonder hides beneath an Italian town.

The Bourbon royal family had this unique octagonal hunting "cottage" built on a tiny islet in Lake Fusaro.

This cliff-face port is considered a masterpiece of mining engineering.

This cathedral hides a sculpted dog that determines your fate and an unexploded shell from World War II.

Buried next to Pompeii, this lesser-known Roman villa was the opulent vacation home of Emperor Nero's wife.

Just saying the name of this town out loud is said to bring bad luck.

This ancient trail climbs the mountain where a Latin League cult worshipped Jupiter, its main deity.

This 6th-century church has the largest and best-preserved collection of Byzantine mosaics outside Constantinople.

A stunning hermit's shrine on a steep rocky spur in Northern Italy.

One of the highest mountain passes in Europe has been ranked among the best driving roads in the world.

One of the highest emergency huts in the world has been waiting almost a century to give imperiled climbers a place to lie down.

Legend has it this fountain built to symbolize the Pope’s power hides a strange secret concerning Neptune's manliness.

An abandoned quarry hides an open-air gallery of huge sculptures, some made from the rubble of 9/11.

Take a giant yellow bird cage to the top of Elba's highest mountain.

This monastery built into a cliff hides a perfectly preserved hermit in a glass coffin.

A beautiful discovery site of prehistoric burials.

Ride a boat through this magnificent underground world, which now doubles as a theater.

This precariously perched fortress was once ruled by a crow-worshipping baron.

Does this strange mural depict witches battling beneath a penis tree?

This church carved into the rocks is full of enchanting stone statues.

An abandoned 17th-century baroque hunting lodge with a wonderfully strange architectural plan.

Remnants of a 4th-century church with vivid medieval frescoes and ancient sarcophagi hide beneath this old basilica.