Pilgrimage site for star-crossed lovers.

The spot where the fascist dictator made some of his most famous speeches including declaring war on Britain and France.

This Roman arch marks the location of an ancient gate at one of the Seven Hills of Rome.

This bronze boar's snout has been rubbed to a golden sheen by visitors seeking good fortune.

An Italian hillside ghost town.

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.

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

One of the world’s smallest bars, just 13 square feet, is brimming with speakeasy flair.

The glowing blue Nymphaeum of Emperor Tiberius.

Thousands of well-dressed mummies below a monastery.

This beautiful park on the outskirts of Rome protects the ruins of two colossal ancient aqueducts.

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

2300-year-old Roman road connecting the empire.

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

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

The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."

An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

With a history dating back to Victorian times, this architectural gem is a rare New York tourist haunt worth visiting.

Fake subway tiles were installed to cover a design that resembled the Confederate flag—it's unclear if the resemblance was intentional.

Learn about the last river many crossed to find freedom from slavery in the United States.

A controversial magical figure is hidden within a diorama of the city.

This theater opened in 1998, but both the building and the puppeteers who perform there have a distinguished history.

The legendary court where emerging basketball players gain their street cred.