Vast network of air raid tunnels beneath Lombardy's capital.

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

Da Vinci's equestrian statue, 500 years in the making.

Small on the outside, big on the inside, this church is an astonishing act of visual deception.

Milan's duomo is covered in beautiful carving including a curious "dinosaur-like" beast.

The mark of the Devil's horns on a marble column in Milan.

The now-abandoned Fascist summer colony served a dark purpose during World War II.

This former fascist summer camp was abandoned for decades.

A sunken idol welcomes parishioners to Davy Jones' Locker.

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

A stunning cemetery famous for its extraordinarily delicate & lifelike mourning sculptures.

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

Genoa's collection of over 4 million zoological, botanical, and geological specimens from around the world.

Italy's curious field of mud volcanoes is named for being both gross AND salty.

David Sedaris called it "The greatest shop in the world."

This ultra-modern burial building would have stacked the dead like a giant filing cabinet.

Many famous English poets including Elizabeth Barrett Browning are laid to rest at this Swiss-owned cemetery in Florence.

Memorials at a Florence railway station remember the citizens who were deported from Italy and sent to extermination camps.

A medieval weapon rumored to have been used by the brilliant poet himself.

Some say this medieval church is where the poet Dante married his wife and also met the love of his life.

A copy of the famous statue can be found in this Florence piazza, along with one of the most breathtaking views of the city below.

A slightly creepy gallery of plaster cast models in the same museum as Michelangelo's David.

An incredible menagerie of more than 3 million taxidermied animals at the oldest science museum in Europe.

Overlooked amid the tourist bustle of Florence, this museum is dedicated to the craft of stone inlay.