Gigantic mosaic sculptures of the figures on Tarot cards fill this colorful Tuscan garden.

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

These medieval skyscrapers dominate the skyline of this small Tuscan town.

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

Bell tower juts out from a village buried under a lake.

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.

Venice's island of the dead.

This quaint Italian town keeps losing ground as the sides of its plateau slowly erode.

Filled with goldfish swimming in a shallow pool of sea water, this ancient crypt is more wishing well than burial site.

Pilgrimage site for star-crossed lovers.

Medieval town turned hippie commune, once home to the secret foreskin of Jesus Christ.

A collection of objects supposedly singed by the hands of souls in purgatory.

This immaculate and historic water garden culminates in a massive stone dining table with an inset fountain for chilling the wine of the Cardinal's guests.

2300-year-old Roman road connecting the empire.

The only "Egyptian" pyramid in Europe and the legendary tomb of Remus.

An Italian hillside ghost town.

An ossuary built in 1210 to collect bones from the Ospedale Maggiore of Milan.

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

The glowing blue Nymphaeum of Emperor Tiberius.

Rome’s legendary peephole vista is also a former Crusader stronghold.

Geothermal waterfalls in Tuscany.

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

A master of trompe-l'oeil creates a stunning, tourist-fooling dome out of a flat ceiling.

Architectureal fantasy quarter of Rome.